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Absolutely :). Todays Job Ad Figures from ANZ are the final indicator that rates must rise sooner rather than later. Some are now expecting unemployment to peak at around 6.2%, a huge difference from the 8.5%+ forecast only a few months ago. It's looking more likely that the market has got...

You're right - inflation is 2.5%. However, the RBA uses a different inflation figures - the trimmed mean. It excludes the highest & lowest groups which shows inflation to June 2009 at 3.6% (ABS 6401.0 Table 10).

Hi HiEq, Probably not much, I'd expect the rises to already be priced into the A$. I think exchange rates are particularly hard to forecast, but I'd have a wild guess that it'll remain around to 85-90c for the next couple of IR rises. The exports would suffer a little, the importers would...

Inflation is still above the RBAs preferred band - 2008 Q3 was 1.2% 2008 Q4 was 0.7% 2009 Q1 was 1.1% 2009 Q2 was 0.8% 2009 Q3 is expected to be 0.8% If Q3 does come out at 0.8% it will give an annual rate of 3.5%, still stubbornly above the RBAs 2-3% range. As the recovery...