Governor Michele Bullock will face questions from federal parliament's economics committee on Monday about interest rates, sluggish productivity and planned changes to card payment surcharges.
The appearance will be her first at a parliamentary hearing since the RBA board started cutting rates in February and the first since the federal election in May.
It comes as the Australian Bureau of Statistics prepares to release August inflation data on Wednesday, giving the central bank some indication of Australia's economic temperature.
Analysts expect a small fall in the RBA's preferred measure of underlying inflation but not enough to deliver mortgage holders a rate cut when its rate-setting board meets at the end of the month.
"(Inflation) will be consistent with the RBA remaining on track for further rate cuts but it won't be enough to tip the RBA over into cutting in September," AMP chief economist Shane Oliver told AAP.
Underlying inflation, also known as trimmed mean, sits at 2.7 per cent and in the upper end of the Reserve Bank's target range.
The measure strips out volatile figures such as power prices to give analysts a better sense of trends across the economy.
Experts believe inflation could drop to 2.5 or 2.6 per cent on Wednesday, driven by the falling cost of housing, recreation and culture.
The trimmed mean would probably need to reach 2.4 per cent for the RBA to consider a September rate cut, Mr Oliver said.
Markets also expect the central bank to hold off cutting rates until November.
Inflation has been falling steadily since peaking in late 2022 and the Reserve Bank predicts consumer price increases will stay around the middle of its two-to-three per cent target band for the next few years.
Ms Bullock will also face questions about her push to end surcharges on card payments, which the central bank argues are outdated and inefficient.
Wall Street investors are meanwhile active and focused on tech and consumer discretionary companies.
The main US indices closed higher on Friday and posted a weekly gain as FedEx rose after positive earnings.
The parcel delivery company popped 2.1 per cent after it reported quarterly profit and revenue above analyst estimates as cost-cutting and strength in domestic deliveries helped offset weaker international volumes.
Australian share futures gained 24 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 9,186.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 rose 28.3 points on Friday, or 0.32 per cent, to 8,773.5, as the broader All Ordinaries gained 32.6 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 9,063.5.
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