Interest rates
- Opinion
- Federal Reserve
Trump is making life very difficult for an old enemy
Fed chair Jerome Powell has, not for the first time, found himself between a rock and a hard place. It didn’t have to be like this.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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- Opinion
- Opinion
How savvy borrowers can double the coming rate cuts
With more rate cuts on the way and refinancing starting to kick off, it’s a perfect time to save big bucks on your mortgage.
- Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Albanese lays down challenge for Dutton over wages
Labor will urge the workplace regulator to order a real increase in pay for 2.6 million workers after the RBA chose to keep interest rates on hold.
- David Crowe and Millie Muroi
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- Australia votes
Job losses not RBA’s priority as bank keeps rates on hold
Asked about the impact of incoming US tariffs, RBA governor Michele Bullock said inflation remained the bank’s main focus as it held interest rates steady at 4.1 per cent.
- Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ overshadows Reserve Bank’s rate call
The US president’s threat to treat Australia’s 10 per cent goods and services tax as a trade impediment has been branded as ‘ridiculous’ by economists.
- Jacob Shteyman
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- Investigation
The cautionary tale of the man who borrowed $120m with interest rates of up to 72 per cent
Peter Crown’s property play for one of the largest land holdings in the Southern Highlands offers a lesson in what can go right - and wrong - amid a boom in private credit.
- Lucy Macken
More borrowers are ditching their bank as refinancing rate picks up
Home loan customers have been growing more proactive in seeking out cheaper loans recently, especially as interest rates trend lower.
- Clancy Yeates
Will giving families extra money boost our birth rates?
Housing affordability and the cost of living are playing a big part in the decision to have children, but other forces are at play too.
- Victoria Devine
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- Global economy
Fed keeps interest rates on hold, warns of Trump ‘uncertainty’
The Fed said it still anticipates two rate cuts by the end of the year but chair Jerome Powell said uncertainty about the economy is “unusually elevated” as it waits to see the impact of Trump’s policies.
- Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir
NAB boss worried ‘tariff madness’ could put future rate cuts at risk
CEOs from two major Australian banks have warned that an escalation of Donald Trump’s trade war would harm global economic growth and drive up inflation.
- Clancy Yeates
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