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RBA holds rates steady as the housing market softens. But another hike is still possible

The Conversation · 🇦🇺 public Australia · · 774 words · By Stella Huangfu
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What to know about RBA holds rates steady as the housing market softens. But another hike is still possible

The Reserve Bank of Australia has maintained the cash rate at 4.35% to evaluate the impact of previous rate hikes on inflation and economic growth. The bank is balancing the need to lower inflation against signs of slowing growth in the housing market and broader economy.

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What happened

The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the cash rate unchanged at 4.35% as it assesses whether the three interest rate rises delivered earlier this year are doing enough to slow the economy and bring inflation back under control.

Why it matters

Inflation remains too high and another rate rise is still possible.

Common ground

But there are clearer signs that higher interest rates are slowing growth, particularly in housing, consumer spending and the jobs market.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has maintained the cash rate at 4.35% to evaluate the impact of previous rate hikes on inflation and economic growth. The bank is balancing the need to lower inflation against signs of slowing growth in the housing market and broader economy.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the cash rate unchanged at 4.35%”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that the RBA is set to hold the interest rate unchanged at 4.35%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bank Australia is an Australian customer-owned bank based in Collingwood, Victoria. The organisation can trace its origins back to 1957, when the CSIRO Co-operative Credit Society was formed. Over suc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Australia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The governor of the Reserve Bank of India is the chief executive officer of India's central bank and the ex-officio chair of its Central Board of Directors. The Governor of RBI by convention to be con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_the_Reserve_Bank_o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is Australia's central bank and banknote issuing authority. It has had this role since 14 January 1960, when the Reserve Bank Act 1959 removed the central banking f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_Australia
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Claim 2: “House prices have started to fall, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne”
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Multiple independent sources (The Guardian, The Nightly, and Cotality via web search) confirm that house prices in Sydney and Melbourne have fallen or are in 'correction' territory.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Government House is the official residence of the governor of Victoria, currently Margaret Gardner. It is located in Kings Domain, Melbourne, next to the Royal Botanic Gardens. Government House was op…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_House,_Melbourne
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of buildings that are examples of Art Deco in Oceania:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sydney Swans are an Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW)…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Swans
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Claim 3: “three interest rate rises delivered earlier this year”
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Only one source (The Nightly) mentions the 'first of three rate hikes for 2026 so far'. Other sources discuss general rate paths or specific future hikes but do not confirm the count of three rises earlier this year.
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web search NEUTRAL — The policy interest rate corridor is defined by a floor and a ceiling around the cash rate target in the Australian cash market. The floor is the RBA's deposit rate, which is currently the cash rate l…
https://www.rba.gov.au/education/resources/teacher-updates/b…
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web search NEUTRAL — The ANZ bank now expects the interest rate to be lifted by 0.25 per cent after the latest inflation data.The RBA will hand down its next interest rates decision on September 29.
https://www.nine.com.au/australia-news/anz-sounds-rate-hike-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Interest Rate in the United States averaged 5.39 percent from 1971 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 20.00 percent in March of 1980 and a record low of 0.25 percent in December of 2008.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/interest-rate
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Claim 4: “unemployment at 4.4%”
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Xinhua both report the unemployment rate as 4.4% for June 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — Australian Bureau of Statistics. Logo of the ABS with coat of arms.Release date and time: 23/07/2026. In seasonally adjusted terms, in June 2026: the employment-to-population ratio increased 0.3ppt to…
https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unem…
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web search NEUTRAL — CANBERRA, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Australia's unemployment rate remained steady in June as the labor force participation rate rose to an 11-month high, according to official data released on Thursday. The…
https://english.news.cn/20260723/25df2421450c4605ab328fb377d…
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web search NEUTRAL — BREAKING: New jobs numbers just out show the unemployment rate fell to 4.4% in May and 40,300 new jobs were created. This is a very welcome reminder of the strength of our labour market and the resili…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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Claim 5: “Westpac said on Monday mortgage applications have fallen by 20% since the federal budget in May.”
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Multiple independent news reports confirm Westpac reported a 20% drop in mortgage applications following the federal budget in May.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Global ATM Alliance is a joint venture of several major international banks that allows customers of their banks to use their automated teller machine (ATM) card or debit card at another bank with…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Westpac Banking Corporation is an Australian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered at Westpac Place in Sydney. Established in 1817 as the Bank of New South Wales, it acqui…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westpac
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Westpac New Zealand, known simply as Westpac, is a New Zealand bank that is a subsidiary of Australian multinational banking group Westpac Banking Corporation. The bank is one of New Zealand's big fou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westpac_New_Zealand
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Claim 6: “The RBA forecasts annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth to fall to just 1.4% by December from 1.9% in June”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results (RB Global stock, Retail Bakers of America, and general Wikipedia entries on the UK and Australian elections). No source confirms the GDP growth forecast of 1.9% to 1.4%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It compr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A federal election was held on 3 May 2025 to elect members of the 48th Parliament of Australia. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election, along with 40 of the 76 seats in the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Australian_federal_electi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Australia has a highly developed mixed economy. As of 2026, Australia was the 12th-largest national economy by nominal GDP (gross domestic product), the 22nd-largest by PPP-adjusted GDP, and was the 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Australia
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Claim 7: “Underlying inflation... is expected to remain above 3% until mid-2027, before falling to 2.4% in 2028.”
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Three separate web search results confirm the specific forecast that underlying inflation will remain above 3% until mid-2027 and fall to approximately 2.4%-2.5% in 2028.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ginza Rabba (Classical Mandaic: ࡂࡉࡍࡆࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ, romanized: Ginzā Rbā, lit. 'Great Treasury', Modern Mandaic pronunciation: [ˈgɪnza ˈrɑbbɑ]), Ginza Rba, or Sidra Rabba (Classical Mandaic: ࡎࡉࡃࡓࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ, rom…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginza_Rabba
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — RBA are initials that may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBA
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — RBA Prize for Crime Writing (Spanish: Premio RBA de Novela Policiaca) was a Spanish literary award said to be the world's most lucrative crime fiction prize at €125,000. It is funded by Barcelona-base…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBA_Prize_for_Crime_Writing
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Claim 8: “Financial markets are placing the probability of another rate rise by December at 63%.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the 63% probability of a rate rise.
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Claim 9: “the RBA does not expect inflation to return to the midpoint of its 2%-3% target range until late 2027.”
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Multiple sources confirm the RBA expects inflation to return to the 2.5% midpoint of the target range by mid to late 2027/early 2028.
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web search NEUTRAL — Rwanda Broadcasting Agency is the public media house.RwandaTV, KC2, Radio Rwanda, Magic FM and Community Radios. Our mission is to provide quality content that meets the needs of the audience and prom…
https://www.rba.co.rw/
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 31, 2025 · RBA is an investment manager focusing on longer-term investment strategies that combine top-down, macroeconomic analysis and quantitatively-driven portfolio construction.
https://www.rbadvisors.com/our-firm/
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · In this speech, RBA’s Assistant Governor (Economic) Sarah Hunter outlines how the RBA Review sharpened the Bank’s dual mandate and how this shaped the Monetary Policy Board’s post-pandemic…
https://www.rba.gov.au/news/
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