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Inflation leaves RBA open to further rate rises if required, minutes reveal

CBA economists continue to expect the cash rate to remain on hold from here, “the clear risk is another rate hike” with November “very much live”.

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Address by Paul O’Malley, Chair of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, at the bank’s 2026 Annual General Meeting.

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