In February,Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock called the prospect of consecutive cuts “unrealistic”.

Why do we keep expecting rate cuts,even when the RBA tells us not to?

Holding out hope for something that we’ve been told is unlikely to happen is,psychologically speaking,only human. But it’s unfair to get grumpy with the RBA about it.

  • byVictoria Devine

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