Back to the reason for no cut today. The maker or breaker of a Cup Day rate cut will be the quarterly Consumer Price Index number delivered on October 29. If it’s less than 1.6% that will help those praying for a rate cut. If it’s higher, then the RBA board would think a rate cut isn’t necessary. While I’d like to say you can bet on a November rate cut, as Twain once said: “Truth is stranger than fiction and