"Rising oil prices, hotter-than-anticipated July inflation figures, and hawkish commentary from the bank's top brass in recent weeks have raised expectations the RBA will follow the Federal Reserve in hiking rates at its September meeting.
'Given persistent underlying inflation pressures and large uncertainty around whether financial conditions are sufficiently restrictive, the RBA should stand ready to hike rates as needed,' the IMF said."
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