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...It is aiming for an operating margin of 10 per cent this year, up from 6.2 per cent in 2023 and 3.2 per cent a year earlier....
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...However, he noted: “We do not expect that it will be appropriate to lower our policy rate until we have greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably down towards 2 per cent.”...
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...Headline inflation of 2.4 per cent was edging towards the Fed’s 2 per cent target, he suggested. “We continue to make good progress on bringing inflation down.”...
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...2.7 per cent in December....
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