Reserve Bank gives itself scope to lift interest rates further

Reserve Bank gives itself scope to lift interest rates further

Population growth,the war between Hamas and Israel,pressure in the rental market and even El Nino threaten to keep inflation higher for longer.

  • byShane Wright

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Odds of Melbourne Cup Day rate rise shorten

Odds of Melbourne Cup Day rate rise shorten

Minutes of the Reserve Bank’s most recent meeting show it is worried inflation won’t come down fast enough without more interest rate pain.

  • byShane Wright andRachel Clun
Bullock’s interest rate debut keeps things sweet and Lowe

Bullock’s interest rate debut keeps things sweet and Lowe

After her first meeting as Reserve Bank governor,Michele Bullock stuck to the script,knowing any departure could send jitters through the markets.

  • byShane Wright
All the reasons interest rates are a bad way to manage the economy

All the reasons interest rates are a bad way to manage the economy

We should start the move away from monetary policy.

  • byRoss Gittins
NAB boss says rates to drop next year with migration to boost growth

NAB boss says rates to drop next year with migration to boost growth

NAB chief executive Ross McEwan says interest rates have probably peaked and that Australia is set to avoid a recession even as the economy slows.

  • byMillie Muroi
RBA mulls one more rate rise as borrowers tap into savings

RBA mulls one more rate rise as borrowers tap into savings

Australians are using savings built up during the COVID-19 pandemic to weather cost-of-living pressures even as house values continue to climb.

  • byShane Wright
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The world is watching Japan very closely

The world is watching Japan very closely

What the Bank of Japan does matters for all of us. So Friday’s surprise announcement by its governor sent a jolt through markets and left them wondering what is next.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Bullock is the safe choice for RBA governor,but is that what we need?

Bullock is the safe choice for RBA governor,but is that what we need?

In Jim Chalmers’ decision to accept an internal candidate as the Reserve Bank governor,we see what may become the ultimate judgment about the Albanese government.

  • byRoss Gittins
Michele Bullock’s RBA appointment is no small change
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Michele Bullock’s RBA appointment is no small change

Central banks around the world have long since separated governance from interest rates policy and the RBA remained stuck in the past,sealing the fate of current governor Philip Lowe.

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RBA reforms deferred as governor decision looms
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RBA reforms deferred as governor decision looms

Philip Lowe,giving his last speech before Treasurer Jim Chalmers recommends the next governor,unveiled some major changes to the bank.

  • byRachel Clun
RBA must think about ‘fairness factor’ in interest rate decision:economists

RBA must think about ‘fairness factor’ in interest rate decision:economists

Experts are split over whether the RBA will raise its interest rate on Tuesday or give home owners a reprieve after repeated increases.

  • byRachel Clun