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A snapshot of the latest market updates from our Economic Services team.- 12 Aug 2025 Daily Report 12 August 2025US stocks started the trading week on the back foot, as investors turned cautious ahead of the US CPI data scheduled for tonight.
- 12 Aug 2025 RBA Update August 2025The RBA cut its interest rates by 25bps today, taking the cash rate target to 3.60%. The RBA has also kept its inflation and unemployment rate projections broadly unchanged compared to May, with trimmed mean inflation establishing around the mid-point of the 2-3% target range and unemployment rate stabilising at 4.3% until the end of the projection horizon in late 2027.
- 12 Aug 2025 Monthly Update July 2025The RBA Monetary Policy Board unexpectedly left the cash rate target unchanged at 3.85% in July. The Perth CPI rose by 1.9% in Q2, to be up by 2.7% through the year. Western Australian employment rose by 2.6% over the year to June, while the unemployment rate was 4.1%. Western Australian retail sales rose 0.3% in June and were 5.3% higher through the year.
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