{"id":63542,"date":"2026-02-04T03:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?p=63542"},"modified":"2026-02-04T03:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:41:34","slug":"rba-admits-its-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/rba-admits-its-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"RBA Admits Its Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Key Points<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The RBA raised its cash rate target by 25 basis points to 3.85%.<\/li>\n<li>The consumer price index jumped to 3.8% for the 12 months to December 2025.<\/li>\n<li>The unemployment rate fell to a seasonally-adjusted 4.1%.<\/li>\n<li>The ASX 200 found support at 8800.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The RBA increased its cash rate target by 25 basis points to 3.85%, citing stubborn inflationary pressures and a labor market that is &#8220;a little tight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The trimmed mean, the RBA&#8217;s preferred measure of underlying inflation, increased slightly to 3.3% for the 12 months to December 2025, up from 3.2% in November. However, a jump in the consumer price index to 3.8% from 3.4% in November spooked the central bank into a speedy reversal of its recent accommodative monetary policy.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2026\/2026-02-03-aus-cpi-tm.png?resize=525%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Australian CPI &amp; Trimmed Mean CPI\" width=\"525\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 0.25% rate increase comes less than 12 months after the RBA commenced rate cuts on 19 February last year. The cumulative 75-basis-point rate-cut cycle is the shallowest in the past 35 years, an acknowledgment that it cut too soon.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2026\/2026-02-03-rba-cashrate-target.png?resize=525%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RBA Cash Rate Target\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.1% in December from 4.3% in November, indicating a tighter labor market.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2026\/2026-02-03-aus-u3.png?resize=525%2C278&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Australia: Unemployment\" width=\"525\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The S&amp;P Global Composite PMI for Australia jumped to 55.7 in January 2025, the highest level in more than 3 years.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2026\/2026-02-03-aus-composite-pmi.png?resize=525%2C359&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"S&amp;P Global Composite PMI\" width=\"525\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also, the ANZ-Indeed job ads average increased to 4.4% in January 2026, but remains in a long-term downtrend.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2026\/2026-02-03-aus-jobads.png?resize=525%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Australia: Job Ads\" width=\"525\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, aggregate monthly hours worked grew by 1% over the 12 months to December 2025, suggesting low real GDP growth in the year ahead.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2026\/2026-02-03-aus-hours.png?resize=525%2C278&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Australia: Aggregate Hours Worked\" width=\"525\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the same 12 months, credit and broad money grew at rates of 7.6% and 7.2%, respectively. The wide margin of more than 6.0% between credit\/money growth and actual hours worked suggests strong underlying inflationary pressures.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2026\/2026-02-03-aus-credit-money.png?resize=525%2C504&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Australia: Credit and Broad Money Growth\" width=\"525\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ASX 200 shrugged off the rate increase, respect of support at 8800 signaling another test of 9000.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2026\/2026-02-03-xjo.png?resize=525%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ASX 200 Index\" width=\"525\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The large ASX 200 Financials index indicates increased buyer interest, with a higher Trend Index trough.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2026\/2026-02-03-xfj.png?resize=525%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ASX 200 Financials Index\" width=\"525\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ASX 300 Metals &amp; Mining index continues in a strong uptrend, and recovery above 8000 would indicate a fresh advance, with a short-term target of 8750.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2026\/2026-02-03-xmm.png?resize=525%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ASX 300 Metals &amp; Mining Index\" width=\"525\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>The RBA faces a dilemma.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, economic growth is slowing. Aggregate monthly hours worked grew just 1.0% in 2025, while real GDP growth slowed to 0.4% in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2026\/2026-02-03-aus-gdp.png?resize=525%2C359&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Australian Real GDP Growth\" width=\"525\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, inflation is rising due to high government spending, loose monetary policy, and high immigration, crush-loading the housing rental market.<\/p>\n<p>Hiking rates will further slow the economy, but the central bank is already late in tightening monetary policy and will need to hike aggressively to bring inflation back under control.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the stock market shrugged off the rate increase. However, the RBA will need to inflict some pain to achieve its goal.<\/p>\n<h4>Acknowledgments<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>ABS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/statistics\/economy\/price-indexes-and-inflation\/consumer-price-index-australia\/latest-release\">Monthly CPI<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ABS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/statistics\/labour\/employment-and-unemployment\/labour-force-australia\/latest-release\">Labor Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Trading Economics: <a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/australia\/gdp-growth-annual\">Australian GDP Annual Growth Rate<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Trading Economics: <a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/australia\/composite-pmi\">S&amp;P Global Australian Composite PMI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points The RBA raised its cash rate target by 25 basis points to 3.85%. The consumer price index jumped to 3.8% for the 12 months to December 2025. The unemployment rate fell to a seasonally-adjusted 4.1%. The ASX 200 found support at 8800. The RBA increased its cash rate target by 25 basis points &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/rba-admits-its-mistake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;RBA Admits Its Mistake&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,31,46,3761,13],"tags":[6023,6654,3987,255,263,290,6380,7148,6850,7147,4055,7149,7146,5765],"class_list":["post-63542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-nz-countries-regions","category-the-fed-banks-interest-rates","category-deficit-spending-employment","category-gdp-and-activity","category-inflation-economy","tag-aggregate-hours-worked","tag-anz-indeed-job-ads","tag-asx-200-financials-index","tag-asx-200-index","tag-asx-300-metals-mining-index","tag-australia","tag-australian-cpi","tag-australian-real-gdp-growth","tag-australian-unemployment","tag-credit-and-broad-money-growth","tag-rba-cash-rate-target","tag-rba-monetary-policy","tag-sp-global-australian-composite-pmi","tag-trimmed-mean-cpi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RBA Admits Its Mistake - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RBA Admits Its Mistake - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Key Points The RBA raised its cash rate target by 25 basis points to 3.85%. 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The primary basis for the rate cuts was the lower-than-expected CPI data for the December quarter, with the Trimmed Mean of CPI falling to 3.2%. 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Trimmed mean for the quarter was a low 0.5%, which Luci Ellis at Westpac believes makes an RBA rate cut in February more likely: It\u2019s on: the better-than-expected inflation data tips the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Australia &amp; NZ&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Australia &amp; NZ","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/australia-nz-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Australian CPI & Trimmed Mean CPI","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2025\/2025-01-29-aus-cpi-tm.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2025\/2025-01-29-aus-cpi-tm.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2025\/2025-01-29-aus-cpi-tm.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62199,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/asx-rallies-on-inflation-beat\/","url_meta":{"origin":63542,"position":4},"title":"ASX rallies on inflation beat","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"July 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Key Points The ASX 200 rallied to test its July high CPI dropped to 2.1% for the 12 months to June, from 2.4% in March Another RBA rate cut is now likely The ASX 200 rallied to test resistance at its previous high, closing at 8756. 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