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ASX 200 slips as RBA boosts interest rates to 15-year highs

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Summarized version

At 2:30pm AEST, the S&P/ASX 200 Index was up 0.1% at 8,687.5 points as investors awaited today's interest rate decision.

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From the report

At 2:30pm AEST, the S&P/ASX 200 Index was up 0.1% at 8,687.5 points as investors awaited today's interest rate decision. With concerns over persistently high inflation rising, market expectations of an RBA interest rate increase had jumped to 92% before today's announcement, according to the ASX's RBA rate tracker.

How outlets headlined it

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The Motley Fool Australia ASX 200 slips as RBA boosts interest rates to 15-year highs plain
SBS News RBA hikes rates to 15-year high amid rising energy costs — as it happened plain
Brisbane Times RBA hikes interest rates to 4.6 per cent in 15-year high, open to further hikes plain
The Age Interest rates jump to 15-year high plain
The West Australian ASX200 up despite interest rates lifting to 15-year high plain

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The figure “15” is in the headline. We could not find it in the report.

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How it is written

Niral Score 11.2 · mostly calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, political diction and 3 more and 3 at zero

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rate11interest7today7decision5growth5inflation5market4bank3board3prices3real3assets2broadly2cash2central2commenting2economic2expectations2expected2global2higher2housing2increase2investment2investors2labour2points2rates2remains2target2

Sentiment -0.1 hostilefavourable Political diction +0.1 left-codedright-coded Jingoistic 5.4 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Sourcing 25 unattributednamed sources Mood 56.5 sorrowjoyful

3 read zero: generational, gender, religious

Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Religious 0 not invokedovert

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Measured on The Motley Fool Australia’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by Brisbane Times, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday, The West Australian. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Political	Sentiment	Happiness
The Motley Fool Australiaas they published this story	11.2	8	25	0.1	-0.1	56.5
SBS News	13.2	18	34	0	-0.2	50.6

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The same event elsewhere

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SBS News RBA hikes rates to 15-year high amid rising energy costs — as it happened Niral 13.2 · mostly calm political 0 Brisbane Times RBA hikes interest rates to 4.6 per cent in 15-year high, open to further hikes Niral 4.6 · calm political 0 The Age Interest rates jump to 15-year high Niral 4.1 · calm political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Interest rates jump to 15-year high Niral 4.1 · calm political 0 Brisbane Times Interest rates jump to 15-year high Niral 4.1 · calm political 0 WAtoday Interest rates jump to 15-year high Niral 4.1 · calm political 0 The West Australian ASX200 up despite interest rates lifting to 15-year high Niral 4.1 · calm political 0