RBA Stevens: Confident Fed will hike rates this year

By FXStreet FXStreet (Bali) – On his Q&A, RBA Stevens, speaking to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, is now saying that he is still confident that the Fed will hike interest rates this year.

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US interest rates have been down at zero for six years, at some point they’ll have to start comiing up

We’re “pretty content” with where we are right in in terms of domestic monetary policy

At this point one would still think that an increase in fed funds rate is probably going to happen before Christmas

One could be concerned about the spillover effect that could come from a change in us monetary policy, not the move itself

AUD has made quite a significant adjustment
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