About $350 billion in low-interest fixed rate loans will switch to higher variable rates this year, RBA governor Philip Lowe says. Follow updates here.
A surprise fall in employment in January has not prompted the Reserve Bank to reassess the outlook for rates or the labour market, but a weak February print could cause a shift.
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says his overall assessment was that the labour market remained tight.
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