Further economist reports following the......>

AUSSIE: Further economist reports following the RBA.

- Paul Bloxham at HSBC notes "We expect the tightening labour market will start

to put some upward pressure on wages growth in coming quarters, which should

support inflation, and that the RBA will want to start to head back towards

neutral as soon as it is confident that underlying inflation is clearly on the

path back to target." 

- Ivan Colhoun at NAB expects the RBA to begin a gradual lifting of interest

rates in the second half of 2018 as the unemployment rate falls more

convincingly. He adds "we expect unemployment to be around 5.25% at the end of

Q1 next year."

- George Tharenou at UBS said looking ahead, "we still expect the RBA to keep

the cash rate on hold until the second half of 2018 as its waits to see the

extent to which better global growth leads to faster domestic activity and CPI,

as well as the impact of macroprudential policy tightening on housing and

consumption."