While there is growing evidence that consumption growth has begun to falter, this won’t be enough to prompt the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut interest rates from 1.5% when it meets on Tuesday 6th June. That said, we expect that slow economic growth and persistently low underlying inflation will prevent the RBA from raising interest rates this year or next year.
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