Australia’s central bank cuts interest rate for the first time in more than four years

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Australia’s central bank cuts interest rate for the first time in more than four years

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) at the central bank’s building in Sydney, Australia on May 2, 2022.

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The Reserve Bank of Australia on Tuesday cut benchmark interest rates for the first time in over four years, joining ranks with other major global central banks, as softening inflation allows room for easing policy.

The RBA cut rates by 25 basis points to 4.10%. This marked the RBA’s first easing since

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as it battled a slowing economy during the pandemic.

The central bank had held its policy rate steady at 4.35% since November 2023, following an extended ******* of 13 rate hikes to tame inflation at home.

The Tuesday decision was in line with market expectations, with government bonds rallying in recent weeks on anticipation of an interest rate cut. The yields on *********** 10-year government bonds dropped nearly 20 basis points since Jan. 13 to 4.450% on Tuesday, according to LSEG data.

The RBA has lagged behind major global central banks that kicked off an easing cycle late last year.

In its last policy meeting in December, the central bank said it was more confident that

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and that might allow it to ease policy at some stage.

Australia’s inflation over the 12 months

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, compared with 2.8% in the 12 months through September quarter, the *********** Bureau of Statistics data showed.

The RBA has pegged its medium term inflation target between 2% and 3%. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the consumer price index

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, softer than the forecast 0.3%.

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