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The Reserve Bank raises interest rates for the 12th time since May last year

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The Reserve Bank has again raised interest rates, blaming high inflation which it says is eroding savings and hurting family budgets. It has raised the cash rate by a quarter of a per cent to 4.1 per cent.
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