Reuters have surveyed 63 economists on the Reserve Bank of Australia meeting Tuesday (February 7)
- Every one of them say the Bank will hold rates steady at that meeting
(The current cash rate is 1.5%)
Looking further out,
- 16 of the poll respondents expect a rate cut some time in 2017
- 6 see a rate hike this year
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The Feb 7 meeting is the first for the RBA this year.
We'll get an RBA meeting on the first Tuesday of each month in 2017 (except for January, that's RBA holiday time)
more to come
