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Macquarie flags 10% house-price fall and this-month rate hike

Macquarie expects Australian house prices to fall 10% from their peak and says the RBA will raise interest rates again this month, a setup it views as negative for retail banks.

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Macquarie now expects Australian house prices to fall 10% from their peak, a view it said is negative for investors in retail banks who are betting on better share-price performance. The firm also thinks the RBA will raise interest rates again this month. It said other macro headwinds for banks include unemployment.