Fast and deep RBA rate relief on the way, say economists

The RBA will cut interest rates next month and at least once more this year as fears over Donald Trump’s drastic tariff regime forces central banks to easy policy further and faster than expected just a week ago, according economists polled for The Australian Financial Review’s quarterly survey.

The poll found 29 out of 40 economists forecast the cash rate to fall by a quarter of a percentage point to 3.85 per cent in May.

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