Westpac Now Sees RBA Raising Cash Rate to 4.6% in November
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Westpac citing “larger spillovers from data center boom” as a reason to expect the RBA to hike to 4.6% ties AI infra directly to macro tightening. If you’re building or hosting in Australia, model higher financing costs and local inflation pressure into your data center and energy plans—not just your cloud bill.
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