RBA lifts cash rate to 4.6%, auction clearance rate slides to 48.2%
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The RBA's cash-rate hike to 4.6% (a 15-year high) and market pricing for further tightening are tightening financial conditions and hitting housing activity. Auction clearance rates fell to 48.2%, signaling weaker demand as borrowing capacity declines and confidence deteriorates. With capital-city dwelling values already down 6.6% from the April peak, the news reinforces downside risk to domestic growth and rate-sensitive assets, affecting AUD sentiment.
Impact level
● Medium
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The Reserve Bank of Australia raised its official cash rate to 4.6% last week, the highest level in 15 years, with financial markets pricing in at least one additional hike. Against that backdrop, the preliminary auction clearance rate over the weekend fell sharply to 48.2%, the second-lowest reading so far this year. Home values across the five major capital cities are down 6.6% from their early-April peak, leaving the market 2 percentage points short of the sharpest price correction in more than 40 years.
