RBA’s Bullock: Need to see results on inflation before lowering rates
|Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Michele Bullock is responding to the questions from the audience following her speech at the Anika Foundation, in Sydney on Thursday.
Key quotes
Level of demand for goods and services higher than supply.
Need to see results on inflation before lowering rates.
Trying to manage demand down to where it is in line with supply.
Trying to manage demand so unemployment does not rise too much.
Interest rate policy is clearly working.
Board is not going to focus on one inflation number.
Slightly elevated A$ is positive for inflation fight.
Will be looking closely at Q3 CPI, but there are other indicators.
Need to see inflation slowing in the actual numbers before acting.
Market reaction
AUD/USD was last seen trading at 0.6720, flat on the day, unmoved by these comments.
Australian Dollar PRICE Today
The table below shows the percentage change of Australian Dollar (AUD) against listed major currencies today. Australian Dollar was the strongest against the Euro.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 0.07% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.03% | 0.04% | -0.02% | 0.04% | |
| EUR | -0.07% | -0.04% | -0.05% | -0.02% | -0.02% | -0.04% | -0.03% | |
| GBP | -0.01% | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.04% | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| JPY | -0.01% | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.03% | 0.02% | -0.04% | 0.03% | |
| CAD | -0.03% | 0.02% | -0.04% | -0.03% | 0.02% | -0.03% | -0.00% | |
| AUD | -0.04% | 0.02% | -0.02% | -0.02% | -0.02% | -0.04% | -0.00% | |
| NZD | 0.02% | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.04% | 0.03% | |
| CHF | -0.04% | 0.03% | -0.01% | -0.03% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.03% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Australian Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent AUD (base)/USD (quote).
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