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Big crowds at the Australia-India test series helped lift the ecoomy through the December quarter.

Australia’s longest per capita recession since WWII comes to an end

A record seven quarters of falling GDP per person has finally ended, with new figures showing the economy improving in late 2024.

  • Shane Wright

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Markets are sticking with rate cut predictions despite RBA caution.

Reserve Bank prepares for Trump tariff turmoil

The RBA says rates could rise again as it reveals growing concern about the fallout from Donald Trump’s tariff plans.

  • Shane Wright
Governor Michele Bullock will take the Reserve Bank into its biggest change since it started in 1960.

Reserve Bank overhaul will touch lives of borrowers everywhere

Membership of the RBA board and how it decides interest rates has been unknown to the public for 75 years. It’s all about to change.

  • Shane Wright
House values have risen across the country but rents are easing, according to new data.

Rates fall, house values lift and rents start to ease

The RBA’s first rate cut in almost five years has put a floor under the nation’s property market, but rents continue to ease.

  • Shane Wright
About 390 new dwellings are under construction at Eden Street and Princes Highway in Arncliffe.

Coalition claims housing fund has built zero homes. Labor says they are delivering

Hundreds of homes have been completed with work under way on thousands more across the country.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
The Reserve Bank, which is led by governor Michele Bullock, last week cut interest rates but made it clear it wasn’t sure it should have cut.

RBA is lost in the frightening territory of full employment

The central bank’s bizarre behaviour last week is a sign that it has lost its bearings and isn’t sure what’s happening in the economy or where it’s headed.

  • Ross Gittins
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Locking away your rate cut windfall could be a wiser move than spending it on a fancy new suit.

Want to make the most of this rate cut? Don’t spend it

It might feel counterintuitive to pretend this extra money doesn’t exist after penny-pinching for so long, but there are wiser ways to make it work for you.

  • Victoria Devine

Albo’s bad timing is becoming its own punchline

Despite the seriousness of the times, Albanese’s prime ministership can only be described as slapstick.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Melbourne’s property downturn could soon be over after the interest rate cut this week increased home buyer borrowing capacity and boosted sentiment.

How Melbourne house prices compare with the steepest property downturn in a generation

Melbourne home values have been falling for the best part of a year, but will the interest rate cut change the outlook for the market?

  • Alexandra Middleton
Sydney’s property downturn and what the rate cut means for buyers.

How Sydney compares to the steepest property downturn in a generation

Sydney home values have been falling since October, but will the cut to interest rates this week change the outlook for the market?

  • Kristy Johnson

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