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The RBA has kept interest rates on ice in a widely expected move that will be welcomed by financially strained borrowers.

The prices quoted on the Australian Securities Exchange implied a 52% probability of an increase in the Reserve Bank cash rate next Tuesday and a 48% probability of no change.

What if the Reserve Bank achieves something truly remarkable – a steady decline in inflation without further interest rate increases, and without bringing on a recession?

The Reserve Bank decided to keep interest rates on hold at 4.1% because it thinks there’s a chance – just a chance – it has lifted them all it needs to.

The RBA’s latest forecasts now assume no further rate rises will be needed for inflation to fall back to the central bank’s 2-3% target range by mid-2025.

The decision to hike interest rates again after a month on pause has raised concerns the Reserve Bank could nudge the economy into a recession.

Inflation is likely to keep easing as both the “headline” and “trimmed mean” measures are heading in the right direction.

Unemployment has barely budged even as the central bankers do all they can to cool the economy.

With the cost of seemingly everything rising, why are house prices falling? And who will be hit hardest?