hesitation on the feb rate rise, page-36

hesitation on the feb rate rise: confirmed Although it's from a "senior analyst" at Commsec, who's is probably getting $30k a year:

1430 [Dow Jones] More doubts being raised by analysts over likelihood of February rate hike by RBA, with CommSec senior analyst Craig James saying RBA lacks "smoking gun" needed to justify hike. While he dismisses weakness in ANZ job ads series as statistical noise, James does point to strong AUD/USD and anecdotal evidence of slowing housing market as reasons for RBA to delay hiking rates again. (CMR)

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