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Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock said in December the board was increasingly confident inflation was returning towards target.

Pre-election interest rate cut on the cards despite inflation uptick

Monthly inflation edged higher ahead of the Reserve Bank’s first interest rate decision for the year, but the key measure of underlying inflation dropped.

  • Millie Muroi

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Economists expect the Australian dollar to climb throughout the year.

Petrol prices and interest rate cuts at risk as dollar hits record low

A plummeting Australian dollar could force a rethink of interest rate cuts and increase the cost of essential items, market analysts have warned.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo

The RBA chose to sit on its hands in 2024. Here’s why

If and when the RBA does cut interest rates, it will provide relief to millions. But it will also bring sighs of despair from others.

  • Shane Wright
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Wages slowdown and struggling economy give RBA room to move

Minutes of the Reserve Bank’s most recent meeting suggest inflation pressures are easing faster than expected, in good news for borrowers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

  • Shane Wright
The International Monetary Fund says a major package of changes, from tax to land supply, is needed to make Australian housing more affordable.

Five Australian cities are now among world’s top 20 most expensive

The International Monetary Fund says nothing short of major reform can change the fact that Australian housing, across all international metrics, is some of the most expensive in the world.

  • Shane Wright
The RBA may not cut rates in its first post-Christmas meeting.

The RBA might delay cutting rates – again. There’s a silver lining for some

Internal documents suggest the Reserve Bank may have to delay interest rate cuts – and its economists understand why that’s confusing for regular Australians.

  • Shane Wright
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers at a press conference on the MYEFO data this week in Canberra.

Public patience wearing thin on Labor’s economic vision

The question is whether the treasurer’s talk of a soft landing will convince voters that the government is doing enough to alleviate the hardship they are experiencing.

  • The Age's View
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‘Conditions are favourable’: NAB chief sees economy in good shape ahead of rate cuts

National Australia Bank chief executive Andrew Irvine says the nation’s economy is in “reasonable shape” and he’s optimistic about trading conditions in 2025 as interest rates decline. 

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
RBA members who will sit on the Reserve’s new monetary policy board.

Meet the people setting your interest rates

Six people have been appointed to help run the Reserve Bank and set interest rates as part of Jim Chalmers’ overhaul of the bank.

  • Shane Wright
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Surprise 3.9 per cent unemployment rate erodes rate cut chance

Anthony Albanese is hoping for interest rate cuts before the 2025 election. But a strong jobs market makes a rate cut decision tougher for the RBA.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi

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