20 Aug 2025

How does the Reserve Bank make OCR decisions?

From Morning Report, 8:25 am on 20 August 2025

The Reserve Bank will update the official cash rate (OCR) on Wednesday afternoon. But have you ever wondered how it goes about making the decision? Money correspondent Susan Edmunds spoke to Corin Dann.

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