SYDNEY: Australia’s central bank yesterday bluntly warned that it would likely need to raise interest rates again to restrain inflation, even as it trimmed its outlook for economic growth.
The unusually explicit warning from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lifted the local dollar above 90 US cents while bills futures slid as the market priced in a greater risk of a further rate hike, perhaps as soon as March.
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