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The Hormuz hike: why the RBA is predicted to deliver a third straight interest rate rise this week

The Guardian · · 573 words · By Patrick Commins
Cost of Living Inflation Monetary Policy
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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“There’s a nearly 80% chance that the Reserve Bank will deliver a third straight interest rate rise on Tuesday, according to financial markets.”
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The provided evidence discusses RBA interest rate decisions in general terms or mentions a 'slash' in rates, but none of the sources provide the specific '80% chance' market probability for a third straight rise on a Tuesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A bank run or run on the bank occurs when many clients withdraw their money from a bank, because they believe the bank may fail in the near future. In other words, it is when, in a fractional-reserve …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_run
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In macroeconomics, money supply (or money stock) refers to the total volume of money held by the public at a particular point in time. There are several ways to define "money", but standard measures u…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_supply
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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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“roughly 3.6m households paying down a mortgage”
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The evidence mentions 'nearly 4.5m households' in the UK (The Mirror) and 'nearly one million' (Daily Mail), but does not corroborate the specific figure of 3.6 million households paying down a mortgage in the relevant context.
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web search NEUTRAL — A typical household rolling off a fixed-rate mortgage in the next two years is due to face a jump of around £146-a-month, the report said – down on the last projection of £180 in June.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/nearly-45m-households-facing-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge. It's a platform to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality answers. This empowers people to learn from each other…
https://www.quora.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Nearly one million households tied to a fixed-rate mortgage will have seen their monthly repayments soar by about £500 by the end of 2026, it revealed.
https://www.dailymail.com/video/video/video-2977547/Millions…
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“Official figures released last week showed inflation jumped by almost a percentage point to 4.6% in the year to March and the highest in two and a half years.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Australia's headline inflation rate climbed to 4.6% in March, describing it as the highest level in two-and-a-half years.
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web search NEUTRAL — Australia’s headline inflation rate climbed to 4.6 per cent in March – its highest level in two-and-a-half years – due to a surge in oil prices brought on by the Iran war.
https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/2026/04/29/inflati…
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web search NEUTRAL — Core inflation hit its highest level since November 2023. Including the volatile gas and groceries components saw higher readings, with the monthly gain at 0.7% and the annual rate hitting 3.5%, also …
https://www.allusanewshub.com/2026/04/30/core-inflation-rate…
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web search NEUTRAL — Inflation hit its highest level in 3 years in March due to Trump’s war with Iran.US Annual PCE Inflation Rises to 3.5% in March as Expected, Signaling Stubborn Price Pressures.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“the more than 30% spike in petrol prices in the month accounted for most of the month’s inflationary uplift, the data showed.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic data management policies and Wikipedia entries about 'data' and 'data science', which do not mention petrol prices or inflation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa (DATA) was a multinational non-governmental organization founded in January 2002 in London by U2's lead vocalist, Bono, with Bobby Shriver and activists from the Jubilee 2000…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DATA
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Data ( DAY-tə, US also DAT-ə) are a collection of discrete or continuous values that convey information, describing the quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Data science is an interdisciplinary academic field that uses statistics, scientific computing, scientific methods, processing, scientific visualization, algorithms, and systems to extract or extrapol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_science
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“Phil O’Donaghoe, the chief economist at Deutsche Bank”
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Two independent web search results explicitly identify Phil O'Donoghue (or O'Donaghoe) as the chief economist at Deutsche Bank Australia.
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web search NEUTRAL — Deutsche Bank publicly acknowledged its involvement at Auschwitz in 1999.[43] It also was a principal participant in the Nazi regime's gold transactions. Between 1942 and 1944, Deutsche Bank purchased…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Bank
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web search NEUTRAL — Deutsche Bank Australia Chief Economist, Phil O'Donaghoe joins the line up of speakers at this year's International Mining and Resources Conference + Expo (IMARC).
https://imarcglobal.com/speakers/phil-odonaghoe
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web search NEUTRAL — O'Donoghue not included in this line-up of economists. “Underlying inflation is intolerably high in Australia,” says Phil O’Donoghue, chief economist at Deutsche Bank.
https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/128492/cheaper-mort…
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“Robert Thompson, a macro strategist at RBC Capital Markets”
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The evidence provided for Robert Thompson consists of general discussions about the name 'Robert' and unrelated individuals named Robert, with no mention of a macro strategist at RBC Capital Markets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bank of America Corporation (Bank of America; often abbreviated BAC or BofA) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of Americ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barclays PLC (, occasionally ) is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as five divisions: the UK Consumer Bank, UK Corporate Bank, Private Bank a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barclays
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase & Co. (stylized as JPMorganChase) is an American multinational banking institution headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. It is the largest bank in the United Stat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase
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“the US and Israel began bombing Iran at the end of February”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and web search results, explicitly state that the United States and Israel launched airstrikes/bombing on Iran starting on February 28, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 22, 2025, the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Twelve-Day War, under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. The Fordow Uranium Enrich…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_strikes_on_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran targeting milit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Israel conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, involving proxy hostilities since 1985 and direct clas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict
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“The RBA’s nine-member monetary policy board voted to hike rates at the last meeting in March with only the slimmest five-to-four majority.”
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The provided evidence discusses 'Reserve' as a crypto/financial project and protocol, not the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy board voting records.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 20, 2020 · Reserve por dentro: ¿Cómo funciona? Reserve es un proyecto pensado para un gran reto. Queremos reconstruir los servicios financieros de sociedades traumadas por décadas de alta inflació…
https://blog.reserve.org/reserve-por-dentro-cómo-funciona-1d…
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web search NEUTRAL — Reserve.org and app.reserve.org (together, the “Sites”) are operated by ABC Labs, LLC (“ABC Labs”). The Reserve Protocol is an open, decentralized system that allows people to create and use asset-bac…
https://reserve.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — Reserve is the leading platform for permissionless DTFs and asset-backed currencies. Create, manage & trade tokenized indexes with 24/7 transparency.
https://app.reserve.org/bsc/index-dtf/0x2f8a339b5889ffac4c5a…
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“Johnathan McMenamin, a senior economist at Barrenjoey”
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No evidence was found after searching for Johnathan McMenamin at Barrenjoey.
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