Adding a preview of the Reserve Bank of Australia announcement due at 0430GMT on Tuesday 7 August 2018

Previews already posted from around the place:

Via CBA now:

  • On hold today and for quite a long time ahead
  • difficult economic environment

On the Australian dollar:

  • AUD fair value at about 83 cents
  • expects AUD to dip to 72 by the end of Q3
  • to 77 cents before the end of 2019
  • Australia may see a pickup in trade partly because of the frictions between the U.S. and China "But overall nobody wins a trade war"
  • "bad or negative sentiment in Asia is going to reflect in the Aussie dollar as well"

Comments from Michael Blythe, chief economist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia on Bloomberg TV