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RBA preview: Hawkish hold widely expected; traders attentive to potential dovish surprises
RBA preview: Hawkish hold widely expected; traders attentive to potential dovish surprises. The Reserve Bank of Australia is widely expected to keep the Cash Rate unchanged tomorrow at 4.35% following a series of soft economic data. The lab
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RBA preview: Hawkish hold widely expected; traders attentive to potential dovish surprises. The Reserve Bank of Australia is widely expected to keep the Cash Rate unchanged tomorrow at 4.35% following a series of soft economic data. The lab
RBA preview: Hawkish hold widely expected; traders attentive to potential dovish surprises
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RBA preview: Hawkish hold widely expected; traders attentive to potential dovish surprises. The Reserve Bank of Australia is widely expected to keep the Cash Rate unchanged tomorrow at 4.35% following a series of soft economic data. The lab
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The Reserve Bank of Australia is widely expected to keep the Cash Rate unchanged tomorrow at 4.35% following a series of soft economic data. The labour market has eased faster than expected as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%, which is higher than RBA's 4.2% forecast. On the inflation side, the Q2 CPI saw the Trimmed-Mean CPI Y/Y coming at 3.6%, which is lower than RBA's 3.8% forecast. The central bank will also release the SMP at this meeting with updated macroeconomic forecasts where inflation is expected to be revised lower and the unemployment rate higher. The RBA could signal the peak i…
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NIC · Impact scores
Global: 0 · Market: 0 · Urgency: 0 · Confidence: 0 · Neutral
Market reaction
- AUDUSD: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
- BTCUSD: 65212.005000000005 → 65212.005000000005 (0%) · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
- FX: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
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Scenarios
- Two-way reaction likely until the market digests the data surprise vs forecast.
- Whipsaw risk is elevated inside the first 15–60 minutes after release.
- Watch correlated assets for confirmation rather than reacting to the headline alone.
Watch factors
- Actual vs forecast surprise (priced-in risk)
- USD / yields impulse if macro-sensitive
- Liquidity and spread during the news window
- Follow-through after T+15m / T+60m
- Relative reaction in aud
- Relative reaction in btc
- Relative reaction in forex
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