Previews of the RBA today are here (TL;DR is on hold expected, combined with more hawkish leaning due to sticky high inflation, and not that there is one analysts looking for a hike, all others are not):
- RBA meeting - preview - Cash rate to remain unchanged
- Central banks are still on the agenda this week
- Australia- inflation a bit higher than expected, RBA on hold
On that outlier call for a rate hike:
- Capital Economics are forecasting a Reserve Bank of Australia rate hike
- RBA meet this week - "History suggests a rate increase is plausible"
More:
- Australia's inflation nightmare - Australia's inflation rate is the highest globally
- 4 reasons why the RBA may be the last major central bank to cut rates
![Economic calendar in Asia 07 May 2024 2](https://images.forexlive.com/images/Economic%20calendar%20in%20Asia%2007%20May%202024_id_3e2fd8c2-b86c-422e-8f03-88868df74785_size900.jpg)
- This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.
- The times in the left-most column are GMT.
- The numbers in the right-most column are the 'prior' (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected.