Michael Thompson
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It's Monday the 15th of June, 2026.
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I'm Michael Thompson and that was Fear and Greed.
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Welcome to Fear and Greed Q&A, where we ask and answer questions about business, investing, economics, politics, and more.
I'm Michael Thompson, and every Monday morning, we're joined by economist Stephen Koukoulis to look at the week ahead.
You'll find him at thekouk.com and sharing his views on LinkedIn as well.
Stephen, good morning.
Very good morning, Michael.
This is a big week, isn't it?
It's an exciting week whenever the Reserve Bank Board is meeting.
They're, of course, sitting down today and tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon, they'll
share the decision on interest rates, but more importantly, we'll hear some of the reasoning and the thinking behind where the RBA is at at the moment.
What are you expecting to see?
In the last week, we have seen some commentary around the Reserve Bank and around interest rates, and it feels like things are changing.
For instance, NAB, Commonwealth Bank, I think HSBC as well, all talking about the fact that the next move in rates will not be another hike, that it will be a drop.
at some point in the future, maybe not for another year.
Does that line up with what you're thinking now that it will be kind of 12 months time we'll be looking at a dip, but nothing else before that?
Where does the consumer fit into all of this?