A cautious Reserve Bank has kept interest rates on hold, but declared it is ready to act as an escalating trade war sparks uncertainty about the future of the global economy.
Matt Mckenzie
With an eye on the possible market turmoil to come, the RBA says monetary policy is well placed to respond to global developments if they were to have material implications for Australia.
Daniel Newell
Share markets took a battering on Monday ahead of major economic news this week when the US reveals further tariffs and the Reserve Bank inks its next decision on interest rates.
Australia’s corporate watchdog and central bank have scolded Australian Securities Exchange over “deep concerns” for its reliability as a trading house and for taking too long to fix incident-prone systems.
Simone Grogan
Economists have talked down the chances of back-to-back interest rate cuts when the RBA meets next week, despite inflation cooling slightly.
Australia’s biggest export partner could be hit by an extra dose of tariffs from US President Donald Trump, even as signs of possible concessions helped calm markets on Tuesday.
An exodus of older workers has put an end to Australia’s remarkable run of strong jobs growth but the surprise numbers will be unlikely to spook the RBA.
Australian consumers and businesses hoping for quick relief from the Reserve Bank’s recent interest rate cut may be in for disappointment, according to the RBA’s most senior economist.
Jackson Hewett
Westpac said the RBA’s decision to cut interest rates for the first time since late 2020, and further easing in cost of living pressures have provided a ‘clear lift’ in consumer sentiment.
Cheyanne Enciso
Australia’s consumer confidence picked up in March as inflation pressures eased and the Reserve Bank reduced interest rates for the first time in four years.
Frances Du
The Reserve Bank board did not disagree with its own staff over its inflation forecast as some commentators have suggested, deputy governor Andrew Hauser says.
Jacob Shteyman
The Reserve Bank’s board expressed caution about future policy easing after cutting interest rates for the first time in four years, minutes of its February meeting show.
Swati Pandey
Slow productivity growth after the pandemic has shaved roughly $25 billion off Australia’s economic capacity, Reserve Bank research shows.
Australians will be “walking on eggshells” for the rest of 2025 waiting for certainty that inflation has come under control, an economist reckons.
Price changes in January will be among the first set of data scoured by the Reserve Bank as it studies whether a further interest rate cut is on the cards.
Andrew Brown
They are the five words Australians battling to get by didn’t want to hear, but the Reserve Bank governor has made it clear that prices won’t be coming down.
Danielle Le Messurier and Jackson Hewett
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he won’t ‘second-guess’ the decisions made by the Reserve Bank of Australia despite previously saying they were ‘hammering’ working families.
Jessica Page
Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock has scotched suggestions that this week’s interest rate cut was a “lay-down misere” as a result of Government pressure.
Donald Trump’s trade war will slow Australia’s economy, RBA boss Michele Bullock says, but the impact on inflation remains unclear.
Strong employment growth and a fresh record level of Aussies participating in the labour market has backed up the Reserve Bank’s cautious approach to interest rates.
In a previously unspoken money-saving shift we sit on a wall outside the dance school clutching insulated mugs filled with homemade coffee.
Laura Newell
It comes as the big four banks were put under the microscope over a decision that will cost Australian borrowers millions every day.
Bryce Luff
Aussie wage growth slowed in the year to December as economists battled over the chances of another interest rate rise, with an analyst saying the RBA will be forced to act for one key reason.
There’s a danger that the RBA’s decision to cut rates will do more to remind mortgage-holders of just how much their repayments have risen than it will to overwhelm voters with feelings of gratitude.
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