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The Reserve Bank of Australia board slashes the main cash rate by a quarter point to 3.6%.<\/p>\n
Australia\u2019s central bank cut interest rates on Tuesday (Aug 12) for a third time this year and signalled further policy easing might be needed to meet its inflation and employment goals as the economy lost some momentum.<\/p>\n
Wrapping up a two-day policy meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board cut the main cash rate by a quarter point to 3.6 per cent, saying that data suggested core inflation would moderate to around the middle of its 2 to 3 per cent target band, assuming a gradual easing in policy.<\/p>\n
Markets had been fully priced for a cut, having been wrong-footed in July when the central bank held steady, given inflation had slowed as desired in the second quarter while unemployment had moved higher.<\/p>\n
RBA governor Michele Bullock would not comment on whether a cash rate of 3.6 per cent was restrictive or not, but said policymakers would decide moves on a meeting-by-meeting basis to ensure the bank met its two mandates of low and stable inflation and full employment.<\/p>\n
\u201cForecasts imply that the cash rate might need to be a bit lower than it is today to keep inflation low and stable and employment growing but there is still a lot of uncertainty,\u201d said Bullock in a post-meeting decision.<\/p>\n
She added that a decision not to cut rates at Tuesday\u2019s meeting would have meant the central bank risked missing both of its mandates.<\/p>\n
The central bank has emphasised caution in easing, having only cut rates after the release of the quarterly inflation data. That is why investors are wagering on a cut in November and likely another in February next year.<\/p>\n
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