Reserve Bank of Australia meeting —

At its 4 November 2025 meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia held its policy rate at 3.60%.

Decision

hold — 3.60% to 3.60%

Key passages

the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 3.60 per cent.

Hold vs expected cut signals higher bar for easing.

trimmed mean inflation, which is how we track underlying inflation in the economy, rose by 1 per cent over the September quarter, materially higher than our 0.6 per cent forecast in August.

Inflation surprise undermines disinflation narrative.

Meeting documents

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