Reserve Bank of Australia monetary policy meeting minutes are due Tuesday 19 November at 0030GMT.
- At this meeting the cash rate was left unchanged at 0.75%, following the 25bp cut in October (and two cuts of 25bp each time earlier in the year)
Since the meeting we've had the latest Statement on Monetary Policy, which updated the RBA's economic forecasts, and gave the RBA an opportunity to add further to its outlook. Which means, in a nutshell, the minutes should not be looked to for much in the way of surprise.
The RBA is on hold for now but with an easing bias. The next meeting is December 3, with expectations it'll be on hold. This has been muddied by the latest employment report, which showed a rise in the unemployment rate and a fall in job numbers, but the response has been one month's numbers will not be enough to prompt a pre-Christmas rate cut from the RBA. Still, December is a live meeting, though.
After December the next meeting is February, there is none in January. There are expectations for a cut in Feb.
