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Odds of fifth interest rate hike this year likely to shorten as RBA deputy warns inflation outlook ‘worsening’

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correspondent, P. C. E. (2026, October 20). Odds of fifth interest rate hike this year likely to shorten as RBA deputy warns inflation outlook ‘worsening’. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/21/odds-of-fifth-interest-rate-hike-this-year-likely-to-shorten-as-rba-deputy-warns-inflation-outlook-worsening

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Andrew Hauser, the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), warned on October 20, 2026, that another interest rate hike may be necessary as soon as Melbourne Cup day in November due to worsening inflation. Speaking at an investment bank conference in Sydney, Hauser noted that businesses are starting to view a 3.5% inflation rate as the "new normal," which is above the RBA's target of 2-3%. Financial markets now predict a nearly one-in-three chance of a fifth interest rate hike, with odds likely to increase following his remarks. The RBA’s next two-day meeting begins on November 2, and Hauser emphasized that high inflation has persisted for an extended period, raising concerns about losing public confidence in the bank's ability to control it. This warning came as global oil prices surged to over $110 per barrel, above what the RBA had projected, adding pressure to inflationary pressures.

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🔮 Removing an entrenched inflation psychology could require higher interest rates, he warned.

2026-10-20 · assertive framing · Odds of fifth interest rate hike this year likely to shorten as RBA deputy warns inflation outlook ‘worsening’

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Australians Melbourne Cup day RBA Sydney the Reserve Bank’s

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Narrative

Hauser, speaking at an investment bank conference in Sydney on Wednesday morning, said the RBA monetary policy board members were juggling a slowing economy with fears that Australians were starting to lose faith in the central bank’s ability to bring inflation back to the 2.5% target.

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🔮 Removing an entrenched inflation psychology could require higher interest rates, he warned.

2026-10-21 · The Guardian

Odds of fifth interest rate hike this year likely to shorten as RBA deputy warns inflation outlook ‘worsening’ · assertive framing

Claims (17 extracted, 2 hedged)

Andrew Hauser, the Reserve Bank’s deputy governor, has reignited talk of a fifth interest rate hike on Melbourne Cup day, warning of “hard choices” ahead in response to an inflation outlook that “looks materially worse” than the central bank had expected two months ago. asserted

bank → reignite → outlook

Australians → speak → target

The deputy governor sits on the RBA’s monetary policy board, which begins its next two-day meeting on 2 November. asserted

which → sit → November

Financial markets earlier on Wednesday morning were pricing in a nearly one-in-three chance of a hike to 4.85% but those odds are likely to shorten after Hauser’s comments. asserted

odds → price → comments

“The basic fact [is] that inflation has been high for a very long time now, and we are beginning to see some signs that some people in the community are not sure if we’re going to bring inflation back into target at all, or certainly not for an extended period,” he said. asserted

he → begin → period

Businesses were starting to see 3.5% inflation as the “new normal”, Hauser said. asserted

Hauser → start → normal

Removing an entrenched inflation psychology could require higher interest rates, he warned. uncertain

he → remove → rates

Hauser said while inflation was clearly too high, the picture for the economy was “more mixed”. “Clearly, we need a period of below-trend growth to bring inflation down, and we’re seeing that happening,” he said. asserted

he → say → inflation

High interest rates and high petrol prices were weighing on activity, Hauser said. asserted

Hauser → weigh → activity

Last week’s jobs figures – which showed unemployment reaching a five-year high of 4.7% – were “a little bit weaker than people had expected”. asserted

people → show → %

But Hauser pointed to surprisingly strong economic growth among Australia’s major trading partners in Asia, and the boom in datacentre investment. asserted

Hauser → point → investment

Oil prices were about a third higher than the bank had predicted in August. asserted

bank → predict → August

This created the difficult trade-offs facing the RBA’s rate-setting board, he said. asserted

he → create → board

“Do you do more to tackle higher inflation, recognising that that means weaker activity, a weaker labour market? asserted

that → do → activity

“Or do we hold our horses to protect the labour market … mindful of the potential that there may be more downside momentum of the economy, but accept the risks in so doing that this upside inflation risk embeds [into Australians’ expectations], and that becomes more expensive to deal with?” uncertain

that → hold → expectations

He added: “Those are hard choices. asserted

Those → add → ?

They’re not where we’d like to be ideally as the central bank, but I think that’s the that’s what we’re facing into as we as we meet the week after next.” asserted

we → ’re → what