The RBA’s decade without a rate rise is coming to an end – but the market’s expectations are absurd | Greg Jericho

A 3% cash rate, let alone one next year, would likely destroy the economy and the housing market

On Tuesday, when the board of the Reserve Bank kept the cash rate at 0.1%, it marked the 137th month without a rate rise.

And yet the markets still anticipate a rise in the coming months, but soaring house prices mean it is very unlikely that rates will rise as high as the market currently expects.

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