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Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

The RBA has kept interest rates on hold. Here's why it'll be cautious from here on

Lukas Coch/AAP

The Reserve Bank decided to keep interest rates on hold at 4.1% because it thinks there’s a chance – just a chance – it has lifted them all it needs to.

In his statement released after Tuesday’s board meeting, Governor Philip Lowe said while inflation was still too high and set to remain so for some time yet, it had “passed its peak”.

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