The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left its policy rate unchanged at 3.0% today as expected. The accompanying statement struck a more hawkish note than previous releases and markets are pricing in a sharp increase in the cash rate over the coming 12 months. However, we think that an anaemic global recovery and ongoing weakness in domestic demand will keep policy rates low well into 2010.
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