Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler will probably hold off hiking the official cash rate tomorrow but the signal will be to prepare for a hike in March.
If Mr Wheeler holds off tomorrow, do not rule out a 0.50% hike in March, either, rather than a more conventional 0.25% lift.
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Rob Hosking
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
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