ex-RBA Edwards says there could be 4 Reserve Bank of Australia rate hikes this year

Edwards in a Wall Street Journal interview (here is the link (may be gated) )

RBA could hike 4 times later this year

• beginning in August
• and could be three following by the end of the year

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Australia has a Federal election due by May and there may be resistance to moving prior to then (or may not, the RBA is independent and a hike during an election campaign is not unheard of).