澳大利亚储备银行助理行长萨拉·亨特表示，澳储行抗击通胀的加息步伐“尚未完全结束”，暗示决策者在下月初召开会议时很可能再次加息。
The Reserve Bank of Australia is “not quite yet” done fighting inflation, said Assistant Governor Sarah Hunter, signaling another rate hike is likely when policymakers meet early next month.
她在周日播出的九号电视网采访中说：“董事会今年已实施四次加息，以继续应对这一挑战。”采访重点关注加息对消费者和房价的影响。
“The board have put through four rate hikes this year to keep on tackling the challenge,” she said in a interview aired on Nine Network on Sunday, focused on the impact of higher rates on consumers and home prices.
当被问及澳储行是否已做足够工作遏制通胀时，她回答：“不幸的是，尚未完全结束。”
“Unfortunately, not quite yet,” she responded when asked if the RBA had already done enough to tame inflation.
本周早些时候，副行长安德鲁·豪泽周三表示，通胀前景现在比该行8月的评估“实质性恶化”，随后市场对11月3日会议加息的预期已升温。澳储行在9月下旬将利率上调至4.6%，为15年来最高水平。
Expectations for a rate hike at the Nov. 3 meeting had already elevated earlier in the week, after Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser on Wednesday said the inflation outlook is “materially worse” now than the bank’s August assessment. The RBA lifted interest rates in late September to the highest level in 15 years at 4.6%.