In the July OCR review, the Reserve Bank gave a clear reminder that the next move in the cash rate will be up – though just not this year. We expect that Thursday’s Monetary Policy Statement will largely elaborate on that view. The recently announced home loan restrictions will complicate the mix, but we think the Reserve Bank will recognise that the non-housing aspects of the economy are increasingly making the case for interest rate hikes too.
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