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Matthew Elmas

Reserve Bank hikes interest rates at 10th straight meeting

RBA governor Philip Lowe unveiled a 10th straight interest rate hike on Tuesday. Photo: AAP

The Reserve Bank has raised its interest rates target another 0.25 percentage points in March and has signalled even further increases will be needed to curb the highest inflation in decades.

The RBA extended its record streak of rate hikes at its second meeting of the year on Tuesday, with the official cash rate rising for the 10th time in a row to 3.6 per cent – the highest level since mid-2012.

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