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Why the RBA won’t cut interest rates in May: economists

Cecile Lefort
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One by one, economists are abandoning their interest rate forecasts for next month after US President Donald Trump upended financial markets with his “liberation day” tariffs.

Earlier this month, a dozen were tipping the Reserve Bank of Australia would keep rates on hold in May. Today, just four are sticking with that view.

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Cécile Lefort is a markets reporter based in the Sydney newsroom. Cécile worked in New York and Hong Kong writing about global capital markets. Email Cecile at cecile.lefort@afr.com
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