Australia's central bank boss will be in the spotlight over the likelihood of future interest rate cuts as inflation continues to cool.

Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock on Monday will front a parliamentary grilling for the first time since the federal election in May and after the bank re-started cutting rates in February.

Questions about languishing productivity, jobs figures, falling inflation and planned changes to card payment surcharges are all on the table.

The cash rate is expected to be the hot topic as the RBA prepares to hand down another rates decision at the end of September.

Australia's August unemployment figures, released on Thursday, showed it held steady at 4.2 per cent, though a surprise 5400 fall in jobs could bolster the case for more rate cuts.

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