RBA
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
Michele Bullock didn’t cut rates on Tuesday. Bernie Fraser is sure she should have
The Reserve Bank’s most iconic governor says businesses are going bust and the RBA is too focused on only one factor in its charter.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Latest
Opinion
Jobs
The Reserve Bank is killing it – their job, that is. But can they help us keep ours?
Recent figures point to the Reserve Bank’s success so far. But there probably needs to be a turning point in the bank’s thinking, and soon, if we’re to avoid a big round of lay-offs.
- by Millie Muroi
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Interest rates
RBA says not to expect rate cuts soon and can’t rule out a recession
The RBA has kept interest rates at 4.35 per cent, saying while inflation will fall, it is unlikely to be “sustainably” low for some time.
- by Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
Opinion
Inflation
Thought the pandemic made us miserable? Here’s why we’re more miserable now
“Australians are living through the most protracted period of economic misery since 2011,” says economic think tank CEDA.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Supermarkets
Deceptive discounts: Supermarkets going ‘Down Down’ for misleading customers
The ACCC alleges the lower-for-longer price discounts on everyday products from Coles and Woolworths were psychological bait.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Greens won’t give Chalmers what he wants until RBA cuts rates. Or he forces it to
Greens economics spokesman Nick McKim says they are waiting for the treasurer to use never-tested powers to instruct the RBA to bring rates down.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
Retail
Frugal response to tax cuts should be music to Reserve Bank’s ears
The lack of a tax-cut-induced spending spree shows consumers have well and truly got the message about tightening their spending.
- by Clancy Yeates
Perspective
Software
‘Land of dreams’: The Australian high-flyers on edge as Trump and Harris duke it out
Australia’s tech insiders are enjoying a surge in optimism from the Fed’s bumper rate cut, but all eyes are now on the US election.
- by David Swan
Analysis
Interest rates
Bullock might have to change her tune after America’s big-bang rate cut
The US Federal Reserve has gone big with its rate cut – exposing the problems facing the Reserve Bank of Australia in its inflation fight.
- by Shane Wright
Updated
Interest rates
US cuts interest rates, turning up heat on RBA
America’s central bank has cut US interest rates by half a percentage point. The move amps up the pressure on the Reserve Bank to cut rates in Australia.
- by Shane Wright
The $6 trillion gamble the RBA isn’t willing to take
The Reserve Bank has ruled out creating its own digital currency, partly over fears it could undermine the nation’s entire banking system.
- by Shane Wright
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