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Australia Holds Interest Rates Steady at 4.25%

Australia’s central bank signaled today it may resume cutting interest rates as soon as next month if weaker-than-forecast growth slows inflation, sending the local currency and bond yields lower.

“The board judged the pace of output growth to be somewhat lower than earlier estimated, but also thought it prudent to see forthcoming key data on prices to reassess its outlook for inflation, before considering a further step to ease monetary policy,” Governor Glenn Stevens said in a statement after leaving the overnight cash-rate target at 4.25 percent…”

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