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Tuesday, 1 August 2023

Hitting pause

Close to the top

Barring a surprising turn of events, interest rates are now on pause for an extended period.

Markets are pricing a 98 per cent implied chance of rates being on hold next month.

And the implied terminal cash rate for the cycle has also been revised lower after today's interest rate decision and data.


Source: ASX

This should give consumers and housing market participants a bit more certainty about the road ahead, after a wild year.