The Reserve Bank is widely expected to raise interest rates today by another 25 basis points, which would lift the cash rate to 3.6 per cent – the highest level since June 2012.
Rates are forecast to keep rising over the next few months as
the RBA tries to bring down the level of inflation in the economy.
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