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Kiss your rate cuts goodbye? Why the RBA may not cut rates again this cycle
For much of 2025, Australian markets had been pricing in a gentle path lower for the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) official cash rate (OCR). Investors have assumed that with inflation easing back inside the RBA’s 2–3 per cent target band, the central bank will steadily trim Australian borrowing costs. But a recent piece of stronger-than-expected economic data has thrown those assumptions into doubt. A chart of the cash-rate futures implied yield curve (‘implied yield curve”) tells the story. These contracts are a way for investors to bet on, or hedge against, where official rates will be in future ... (full story)