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2 Feb 2018
Reuters poll - RBA to hold cash rate steady at next week's meeting
The latest Reuters poll of economists found that majority of them expects the RBA to leave monetary policy unchanged at its meeting on February 6th.
Key findings:
• 47/48 economists forecasted RBA to hold cash rates steady
• 44/48 economists forecast rates to remain steady to June
• 3 expect a hike before then and 1 expects the RBA to cut rates
• 23/45 respondents forecast one hike by December
• Median response sees the RBA's cash rate at 2% by June 2019