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Reserve Bank Holds Rates as US and Iran Agree to End Conflict
The Reserve Bank kept interest rates unchanged last week while signaling a possible future increase. The move followed an initial US-Iran agreement to end more than three months of conflict.
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The Reserve Bank kept interest rates on hold last week but warned that a future rate rise remained possible because prices are still rising too fast. The decision came as the United States and Iran signed an initial agreement to end more than three months of war. That conflict had sent global supply chains into chaos.
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