RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank holds cash rate at 4.35% but threatens more hikes if needed

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Aug 11, 2026 · 705 words · By Luca Ittimani; Patrick Commins

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What to know about RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank holds cash rate at 4.35% but threatens more hikes if needed

The Reserve Bank of Australia has held the official cash rate at 4.35% but warned higher interest rates are “quite possible” even if house prices keep falling.

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What happened

The Reserve Bank of Australia has held the official cash rate at 4.35% but warned higher interest rates are “quite possible” even if house prices keep falling.

Why it matters

Tuesday’s decision to hold was predicted by economists and financial markets, after three rate rises this year hit property values across the capital cities.

Common ground

The RBA board unanimously voted to leave rates on pause, saying in a statement “the economy appears to be slowing as expected”.

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Follow-up questions

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 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 RBA board unanimously voted to leave rates on pause”

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While MacroBusiness reports the vote was unanimous, the other provided web results for this claim are irrelevant (referring to RB Global stock or Retail Bakers of America). Only one relevant source confirms the unanimity.

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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest RB Global, Inc. (RBA) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RBA/?fr=sycsrp_catchall

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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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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 16, 2011 · The Retail Bakers of America (RBA) is the national membership-based business resource for retail bakers, providing community, education, and certification needed to strengthen and susta…
https://www.retailbakersofamerica.org/

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Claim 2: “The RBA also upgraded its predictions for business investment as demand for datacentre construction grows.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 3: “Investor loan commitments in June had fallen by roughly a quarter compared with the start of the year, as a share of total housing credit, the RBA reported.”

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The evidence provided discusses investor loan commitments from 2020-2021, but does not contain data regarding a 25% fall in June of the current period as a share of total housing credit.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Immigrant investor programs are immigration programs offered by countries or territories that allow individuals to more quickly obtain residence or citizenship of a country in return for making qualif…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigrant_investor_programs

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS), or an investment court system (ICS), is a set of rules through which states (sovereign nations) can be sued by foreign investors for certain state actions aff…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investor–state_dispute_settlem…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Investor is an English online business news service launched on June 14, 2016, in Seoul, South Korea. Founded by Korean media and lifestyle company Herald Corporation. The Investor's content inclu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Investor

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Claim 4: “The bank has forecast stronger jobs growth but higher unemployment than it expected in May, reaching 4.7% by the end of 2027.”

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There is conflicting evidence regarding the unemployment forecast. One source mentions 4.5% in Q4 2026, while an official RBA Statement on Monetary Policy (May 2025) forecasts it to increase to just over 4.25% by the end of 2025 and remain flat through June 2027. Neither explicitly confirms the 4.7% figure for the end of 2027.

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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 5: “The Reserve Bank of Australia has held the official cash rate at 4.35%”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) held the official cash rate 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…
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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 6: “The bank’s updated forecasts on Tuesday showed inflation was lower than expected this year as fuel prices had fallen”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant sources (investment managers, fertility clinics) and does not mention RBA inflation forecasts regarding fuel prices.

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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 — With five locations, RBA is accessible to patients in Atlanta, Cumming, Marietta, Canton, and many neighboring communities. Our main Atlanta fertility clinic is just 10 miles north of downtown.
https://www.rbafertility.com/

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Claim 7: “seven in eight borrowers holding almost a year or more worth of repayments in their offset and redraw accounts.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 8: “ANZ economists on Tuesday released separate forecasts predicting capital cities’ home prices would fall at least 5%, with Sydney to fall 14.5%.”

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Two independent sources (Stockhead and a specific ANZ forecast report) confirm ANZ's prediction of a decline in capital city home prices, specifically citing the 14.5% drop for Sydney.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ANZ may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZ

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly known as ANZ Bank, is a multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is Austra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZ_(bank)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stadium Australia (known under naming rights as Accor Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney. The stadium is primarily used for rugby league as the home groun…
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Claim 9: “Markets raised their bets on another hike in Australia by the year’s end, from 53% before the decision to 69% on Tuesday afternoon.”

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Web results discuss general market expectations for rate hikes and analyst forecasts (e.g., ANZ), but none of the provided evidence mentions the specific percentage shift from 53% to 69% on a Tuesday afternoon.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — RBA bank (Serbian: РБА банка, romanized: RBA banka), formerly Crédit Agricole Srbija, was a commercial bank that existed from 1991 until 2023, when it merged into Raiffeisen Bank. RBA bank was a bank …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBA_bank

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Claim 10: “Less than 1% of homeowners were in negative equity”

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No evidence was found for this claim in the provided search results.

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Claim 11: “She noted housing prices had risen by about 50% since 2020.”

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A report cited in web search results explicitly states that the average house price has risen nearly 50% since 2020.

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web search NEUTRAL — A new report shows it takes more than a decade to save a standard 20 per cent deposit for a house in most Australian capital cities. The report also details how much of people's pay packets are going …
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9udri6

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web search NEUTRAL — By 2024, rental prices in both cities had increased by over 50% compared to their pre-pandemic levels, making them among the strongest-performing rental markets in the country. For both investors and …
https://www.moneymag.com.au/the-cities-where-rents-are-soari…

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web search NEUTRAL — Housing affordability in Australia is taking a dramatic turn since past 20 years in Australia.– In the past two years, the repayments for prevailed borrowers have risen by approximately 50%. – Due to …
https://nfinityfinancials.com/insights/price-hikes-eroding-h…

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Claim 12: “the RBA believed even a 20% fall in house prices would mean about 5% of people were in negative equity”

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No evidence was found for this claim in the provided search results.

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