The Reserve Bank's decision to hold the official cash rate steady but signal faster and higher future hikes impacts short-term mortgage rates and reflects growing inflation pressures, with markets already pricing in rate increases.
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Isn't she great? Well, I like her because she's she's introduced transparency into the reserve bank. Although, and I was thinking about it this afternoon, very shrewd move, because it shows that the Reserve Bank doesn't have to take everything on its own shoulders like Adrian Orr did. Uh they can sort of shift the blame a bit around uh around a bit, which is what they do here because today's decision to keep the cash rate at uh zero or leave it where it was at 2.25. Um three, three split the committee that makes the decision. Interestingly, the internal members of the committee, that's those that work at the reserve bank, they wanted no change, whereas the external members they wanted the change, and it was Anna Brennan that um had the casting vote. Yeah. I I really like the transparency because it just shows that the bank is a place where debate goes on about the economy, and I think that's essential when you're deciding these rates impact on so many uh so many people's lives. So the woman who, of course, is uh got to uh deal with all of this is Nicola Willis. Uh she's um got the job to do tomorrow.
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anticipation of no rate hike due to economic resilience
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