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PHOTO: RBA<\/strong><\/p>\n EXPERT OBSERVER<\/strong><\/p>\n The minutes of the Reserve Bank Board\u2019s September meeting contain similar themes to the August minutes but indicate that the Board acknowledges that it is getting closer to its next move on policy.<\/p>\n In August the Board minutes concluded that: \u201cHaving eased monetary policy at the previous two meetings, the Board judged it appropriate to assess developments in the global and domestic economies before considering further change to the setting of monetary policy. Members would consider a further easing of monetary policy if the accumulation of additional evidence suggested this was needed to support sustainable growth in the economy and the achievement of the inflation target over time\u201d.<\/p>\n In these minutes there is no reference to previous actions. Arguably reference to previous actions is a clear sign that the Board is content to observe developments whereas not referring to previous actions there is less emphasis on the need to wait.<\/p>\n It is also interesting that the theme that drove the June and July decisions to cut rates: \u201cthe Australian economy could sustain lower rates of unemployment and underemployment\u201d was repeated in these minutes whereas that particular theme was absent in the August minutes.<\/p>\n The minutes refer to three \u201cdevelopments that had a bearing on the monetary policy decision\u201d.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2iTuQNl8Ki\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/p>\n READ MORE VIA PROPERTY OBSERVER<\/p>\n