AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CASH RATE-LIFT

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CASH RATE-LIFT

(221101) -- SYDNEY, Nov. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 1, 2022 shows the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney, Australia. Australia's central bank announced on Tuesday a back-to-back interest rate hike for seven months in a row, by 25 basis points to 2.85 percent in a bid to rein in the country's "too high" inflation. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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