The odds have been shortening on the Reserve Bank of Australia lifting interest rates again, and Australia's workers are once more being blamed for driving inflation, writes David Peetz.
The day before the RBA raised interest rates for the 12th time in 14 months, the Treasurer sought to firewall the government from what he knew was coming.
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Deutsche Bank Australia s chief economist Phil O Donaghoe is now expecting the Reserve Bank to raise rates in June, August and September as big wage growth worsens inflation.