April 2018
Property buyers brace for new round of interest rate hikes as funding costs rise
Lenders are increasing property borrowing rates in response to rising wholesale and regulatory costs, despite cash rates being likely to remain static.
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- Duncan Hughes
September 2016
RBA governor Glenn Stevens full exit interview
The full transcript of The Australian Financial Review's interview with RBA governor Glenn Stevens on September 7.
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RBA's Glenn Stevens says he needed to use 'overkill' to quell the GFC panic
The moment that defines Glenn Stevens' decade as governor and his reputation as a bold mover in the central banking world.
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- Jacob Greber
RBA's Stevens weighs into acrimonious currency war debate
The RBA governor says it is 'not polite' to say so but other central bankers are deliberately setting policy to keep their currencies weak and drive up the Australian dollar.
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- Karen Maley
Peers give RBA's Glenn Stevens AAA rating
Central bankers from across the globe say the RBA governor gave them a sense of "real confidence".
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- James Chessell and John Kehoe
Glenn Stevens admits Sydney house prices 'give me some discomfort'
RBA governor Glenn Stevens concedes he has "some discomfort" about rising Sydney house prices.
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- Karen Maley
Glenn Stevens on why the RBA wants more women
"I would like us to be doing better than we are," RBA governor Glenn Stevens said on recruiting women.
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- Jacob Greber
Glenn Stevens: we voted for higher taxes, we just don't realise it
Fixing Australia's budget woes means people must wake up to the reality that everyone is likely to face a greater tax burden, says outgoing Reserve Bank governor.
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- Jacob Greber
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- The AFR View
The tests of Glenn Stevens' Reserve Bank legacy
The Reserve Bank veteran leaves us with some plain truths about the nation's modern prosperity.
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- Editorial
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RBA governor Glenn Stevens warns growth is not a game
RBA governor Glenn Stevens warns 25 years of economic growth have bred complacency over what it takes to fix the budget and prepare for the next crisis.
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- Jacob Greber
RBA's Glenn Stevens warns of 'febrile' debate over banking culture
The RBA governor says banks have made mistakes but in the "current febrile environment" it is hard to rebuild trust.
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- Karen Maley
RBA's Glenn Stevens says central bank policies must pass the 'Bunnings test'
The RBA's Glenn Stevens says unconventional monetary policies used overseas could be failing on the most basic metric.
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- Karen Maley
Don't lose the inflation target, says RBA's Glenn Stevens
The Reserve Bank's 2 per cent to 3 per cent inflation target remains the best tool to manage Australia's trade-exposed economy and is far from losing credibility, insists Glenn Stevens.
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- Jacob Greber
RBA's Glenn Stevens says keep politics out of infrastructure decisions
Keeping politicians at "arms length" to avoid wasteful infrastructure decisions is a good idea, the outgoing RBA governor says.
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- Jacob Greber
December 2015
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- Interest rates
Why the RBA's Glenn Stevens is upbeat about the economy in just 5 graphs
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is upbeat about the economy and believes signs of rising jobs growth are genuine.
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- Edmund Tadros
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- Interest rates
RBA governor Glenn Stevens upbeat on growth, jobs
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is upbeat about the economy and believes signs of rising jobs growth are genuine.
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- Jacob Greber
RBA governor Glenn Stevens relieved at end of Sydney property boom
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens has expressed growing confidence Sydney's frothy property market is undergoing a welcome slowdown, reducing the danger of a financial collapse.
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- Jacob Greber
RBA governor Glenn Stevens qualifies inflation targeting
The Reserve Bank maintains that its low inflation band remains the best target for monetary policy. But it says financial stability is also important.
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- Michael Stutchbury
RBA governor Glenn Stevens tells baby boomers there is no riskless growth
Equity investors demanding an ongoing dividend bonanza need to accept that companies must ramp up risk-taking to succeed, suggested governor Glenn Stevens.
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- Jacob Greber
RBA governor Glenn Stevens shrugs off China's trade-weighted index
RBA governor Glenn Stevens has backed China's move to introduce a formal trade weighted index for the yuan and warned country's transition away from exports remains a "pretty big challenge."
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- Jacob Greber