{
  "id": 9141678,
  "title": "Australian Dollar: RBA seen hiking as inflation risks build – Standard Chartered",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/australian-dollar-rba-seen-hiking-as-inflation-risks-build-standard",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-22T12:34:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "FXStreet",
    "slug": "fxstreet",
    "url": "https://www.fxstreet.com/news/australian-dollar-rba-seen-hiking-as-inflation-risks-build-standard-chartered-202609221234"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Standard Chartered predicts the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will raise the cash rate to 4.60% during its September meeting, a revision of their previous expectation for a hold. This decision is based on recent RBA messaging highlighting upside inflation risks and strong economic momentum. The bank now anticipates the RBA to keep raising rates until Q3-2027, up from their previous forecast of Q1-2027. Earlier, they had assumed that nascent signals of labor and housing market weakness would keep price pressures in check, but current RBA messaging suggests they are highly aware of the inflation risks, particularly from rising oil prices and the AI boom. Despite three rate hikes so far, economic momentum seems to remain robust, leading the RBA to consider their current policy stance as moderately restrictive. However, further hikes in Q4 are not ruled out, but would likely depend on an upward surprise in the Q3 CPI print (due late October) and sustained resilience in growth and spending.",
  "summary": "Standard Chartered’s Nicholas Chia now expects the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to raise the cash rate to 4.60% at its 29 September meeting, revising a previous call for a hold. Chia cites recent RBA messaging focused on upside inflation risks and resilient economic momentum.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}