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NAB declared it would pass on the latest 0.25 percentage point increase on November 11 - less than two hours after the Reserve Bank raised rates for the seventh straight month.
The surprise jump in inflation seen in Q3 has impacted household inflation expectations. Household inflation expectations, as measured by ANZ and Roy Morgan’s weekly consumer confidence survey, hav
Borrowers have already been forced to contend with six consecutive monthly interest rate rises since May, with a seventh straight increase in November regarded as a near certainty.
Inflation will peak above 8 per cent this year, higher than forecast in this week’s federal budget, according to ANZ, as the RBA faces criticism from Australia’s biggest bank.