After keeping interest rates lower than in comparable countries during the post-pandemic inflation surge, the Reserve Bank of Australia has raised the official cash rate for the fifth time this year to an 18-year high of 4.85 per cent.
Governor Michele Bullock says that Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup Day rate rise will feel like a recession for many Australians, who will feel poorer from the inflation shock and low wage and productivity growth.
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