RBA hikes official interest rate to 4.35% in blow to mortgage holders
Reserve Bank of Australia raises rates for third consecutive meeting, lifting them to early-2025 levels
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The Reserve Bank has delivered a third straight interest rate hike to contain growing inflationary pressures linked to higher fuel prices, even as it warned the Iranian war would deliver a major blow to the economy.
The widely expected decision to lift the cash rate to 4.35%, from 4.1%, comes as the central bank revealed a gloomy new set of forecasts that showed intensifying cost of living pressures alongside weaker growth. Continue reading...
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