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RBA Catches Traders Offside With Rate Pause

From tickmill.com

The Aussie Dollar has been under heavy selling pressure across the European morning on Tuesday, following the August RBA meeting overnight. The bank caught markets a little offside by keeping rates steady at 4.10%. While expectations were split, consensus favoured a further .25% hike yesterday, as reflected in the Bloomberg economists survey where 15 out of 25 respondents forecast a further hike. This was similar to the Reuters survey which showed 20 out of 36 in favour of a hike. Tightening Might be Finished Explaining the decision to hold rates steady, the RBA noted that past tightening was helping cool demand, ... (full story)

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