Coming up from the RBA – Policy statement on September 5, Governor Lowe speaks on Sep 7

<p>The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to hold the cash rate unchanged at its meeting on Tuesday, 5 September 2023. </p><p>The Statement is due at 2.30 pm Sydney time:</p><ul><li>0430 GMT and 10.30 pm US Eastern time (on Monday, 4 September 2023)</li></ul><p>I posted a preview earlier:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/reserve-bank-of-australia-september-meeting-coming-up-on-tuesday-hold-expected-preview-20230903/" target="_blank" rel="follow" data-article-link="true">Reserve Bank of Australia September meeting coming up on Tuesday, hold expected – Preview</a></li></ul><p>National Australia Bank also expecting on hold:</p><p>widely expected to hold rates at 4.10% for the third consecutive meeting, with nothing in the data flow since the August meeting offering a pretext for deviating from the current ‘wait and see’ approach. </p><p>NAB add that:</p><ul><li>This will be outgoing RBA Governor Phil Lowe’s last meeting, Michelle Bullock’s steeping into the role from 18 September</li></ul><p>Lowe will be speaking publicly as Governor for the final time on Thursday, September 7:</p><ul><li>1.05 pm Sydney time is 0305 GMT and 2305 US Eastern time (on Wednesday evening)</li></ul>

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.