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The ASX 200 closed 0.4 per cent higher at a new record as investors piled into miners and banks ahead of Tuesday's RBA rates decision. The central bank is tipped to reduce interest rates after holding steady at the previous meeting and shocking markets. Meanwhile, the big winners of the day were lithium producers, buoyed by the closure of a major Chinese mine, while JB Hi-Fi was sold off despite announcing a solid increase in profit and a special dividend for investors.

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00:00Will they cut?
00:04The Reserve Bank tomorrow releases its decision on interest rates and the market says absolutely.
00:10A 98% certainty of a 25 basis point cut.
00:14That's an even stronger consensus than last time when the market turned out to be 100%
00:20wrong.
00:21In July, the central bank surprised by holding the cash rate at 3.85%.
00:27Since then, inflation has fallen and unemployment has lifted, seriously increasing the likelihood
00:33that the cost of borrowing money will fall.
00:36We'll find out tomorrow.
00:38On Friday, US markets ended near record highs.
00:41Japan's index rocketed today off some good results from companies like carmaker Toyota.
00:47Ours took off from there.
00:49The All Ordinaries Index of our 500 biggest listed companies up 2% last week, another
00:54half a percent today.
00:56Retailer JB Hi-Fi released a strong profit result but investors tuned out wanting more.
01:02Our dollar was softer in trading but only moving marginally down against the dominant US greenback.
01:08And commodity markets were generally lower.
01:11Gold remains near record highs.
01:13It's usually considered the store of value in trying times.
01:17But even though digital payments and surcharges now do the overwhelming share of transactions,
01:22there are more than $104 billion worth of banknotes out there.
01:27Divided by our population, that's more than $3,700 for each person.
01:32And that's finance.
01:34And that's finance.
01:35And that's finance.
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