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For those awaiting the rate pause or cut, etc., by the Fed, ECB, etc., don't spend too much time parsing and analyzing the statements of Central Bank chiefs.

The truth? The central banks will go by what data tells them regardless of whether or not it is in sync with the signals or statements they have given earlier.

Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to hike rates by another 25 basis points (0.25 percentage points) being the latest illustration of this.

The monetary policy path that central banks choose to pursue, whether it aligns with their previous communication or not, holds no significance. In the end, incoming macroeconomic data takes precedence over any prior indications or expectations. So don’t hold your breath on expectations for any pause in the rate-hiking cycle being cloaked as the end of the same!

This has been made evidently clear today by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)’s decision to hike interest rates by another 25 basis points (bps) to 4.10%. For context, the RBA “paused” in its monetary policy meeting dated April 4th by keeping rates unchanged, but has ended up hiking twice since then, i.e., a 25 bps increase on May 2nd and another 25 bps today! Furthermore, the central bank emphasized that “some further tightening of monetary policy may be required to ensure that inflation returns to target in a reasonable timeframe.”

RBA Statement: https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2023/mr-23-13.html

Thus, the moral of the story is don’t buy into central bank communication or any narrative of a rate pause (expected from the Fed) being an indication of no further rate hikes. Focus on the data – if it is stronger than expected, update your probabilities to account for more tightening and vice versa.

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