ANZ now forecasting a February Reserve Bank of Australia rate cut

Previously only Commonwealth Bank of Australia were tipping February, ANZ jump on board now.

ANZ expects a 25bp interest rate cut at the Reserve Bank of Australia February meeting

• due to weaker inflation figures in Q4

ANZ forecasts trimmed mean inflation to print at 0.5% q/q in the Q4 data due this month - this would be the lowest quarterly result since Q2 2021

• annual rate 3.2% (which is under the RBA’s forecast of 3.4%)

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ANZ previous forecast:

• 25 basis points cut in May and August 2025

I'll need to update this:

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