Australia: Pencilling in two 25bp RBA rate hikes from mid-2018 - NAB
|Analysts at NAB suggest that their forecast outlook for Australian economy is essentially unchanged, and they are pencilling in two 25bp rate hikes from mid-2018, with employment now expected to be strong enough to give the RBA enough confidence in its forecasts for an eventual lift in wages growth and inflation by that point.
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“We remain more cautious about the economic outlook than the central bank, mindful of the potential hurdles to growth such as impending peaks in dwelling construction and LNG exports, and a struggling household sector amidst low wages growth, higher energy prices and elevated underemployment and household debt.”
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