随着注意力转向澳大利亚储备银行下周的政策决定,澳大利亚10年期政府债券收益率保持在4.21%左右,接近四周低点。市场越来越倾向于在8月12日的会议上降息25个基点,这将使现金利率降至3.6%。在6月份核心通胀率降至2.7%后,对宽松政策的预期有所增强,这完全在澳大利亚储备银行的2-3%目标范围内。额外的压力来自劳动力市场疲软的迹象,包括失业率上升和工资增长放缓,交易员认为降息的可能性接近95%。支持这一观点的是,澳新银行澳大利亚招聘广告在7月份下降了1.0%,这是自2月份以来的最大跌幅,标志着劳动力市场逐渐放缓的持续迹象。然而,7月份私营部门活动有所回升,这表明潜在的经济弹性。综合采购经理人指数升至53.8,为2022年4月以来的最快增速,而服务业采购经理人指数达到54.1,为2024年3月以来的最高水平。
Australia’s 10-year government bond yield held around 4.21%, near a four-week low, as attention shifts to the Reserve Bank of Australia's policy decision next week. Markets are increasingly pricing in a 25 basis point rate cut at the August 12 meeting, which would bring the cash rate down to 3.6%. Expectations for easing have strengthened after core inflation slowed to 2.7% in June—well within the RBA’s 2–3% target range. Additional pressure comes from signs of a softening labor market, including rising unemployment and subdued wage growth, with traders assigning nearly a 95% chance of a rate cut. Supporting this view, ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads fell 1.0% in July, the steepest drop since February, marking continued signs of a gradual labor market slowdown. However, in a sign of underlying economic resilience, private sector activity picked up in July. The Composite PMI rose to 53.8, the fastest pace since April 2022, while the Services PMI reached 54.1, the highest since March 2024.