RBA Minutes from Dec Meeting: members considered whether to raise the cash rate target by a further 25 basis points or to hold the cash rate target steady; board noted RBA staff forecast had inflation returning to the top of the band by the end of 2025

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MEETING RECAP: RBA bank kept the Cash Rate Target unchanged at 4.35%, as expected, and reiterated its forward guidance on whether further tightening is required to ensure inflation returns to the target in a reasonable timeframe will depend upon data and evolving assessment of risks. RBA also repeated that the Board remains resolute in its determination to return inflation to target and will do what is necessary to achieve that outcome, as well as noted there are still significant uncertainties around the outlook and that the limited information received on the domestic economy since the November meeting has been broadly in line with expectations. The language from the central bank was largely reiterations of the commentary from the prior meeting and therefore less hawkish than many were anticipating considering the rhetoric from RBA Governor Bullock in the weeks leading up to the meeting who was more forceful in her warnings that inflation remained a crucial challenge and had stated that more substantial monetary policy tightening is the right response.

19 Dec 2023 - 00:30- Fixed IncomeImportant- Source: RBA

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