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The increase in international students was “just one of the many other forces at play” in the country’s inflation surge according to RBA economists.

International student surge probably contributed to post-pandemic inflation: RBA

International students spend twice as much as Australian residents and work fewer hours on average, but they were just one of many factors that fuelled inflation.

  • Millie Muroi

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A fully-formed monthly inflation report will start from November, helping the Reserve Bank set interest rates.

Australia to finally get monthly insight into inflation pressures

From November, Australia will join the global norm and produce full monthly inflation reports to help guide the RBA

  • Shane Wright
The unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent in June, the fourth month in a row the unemployment rate has lifted.

Unemployment at four-year high heaps pressure on RBA to ‘not make same mistake twice’

An unexpected increase in the jobless rate has put the spotlight back on the Reserve Bank after its recent decision to hold interest rates.

  • Shane Wright
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  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock.

Listen: Is the RBA misleading us, or are they confused themselves?

Mortgagees were disappointed and economists shocked this week as interest rates were held, despite what was predicted. How did everyone get it so wrong?

  • Jacqueline Maley and Paul Sakkal
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A full monthly inflation report is on track for year’s end, helping the Reserve Bank to set interest rates.

There’s a change coming to the number that guides the Reserve Bank on interest rates

Inflation guides what the Reserve Bank does on interest rates. It is now close to finally getting a full monthly insight into the nation’s price pressures.

  • Shane Wright

Why ‘scarred’ home owners are choosing to spend more and save less

This week’s decision by the RBA to deny Australians a cut in interest rates might have felt bad, but our hip pocket decisions are telling a different story.

  • Shane Wright
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock explains the decision not to cut interest rates on Tuesday.

How everyone got the RBA’s interest rate call wrong

Almost every analyst, investor and borrower expected a rate cut from the Reserve Bank on Tuesday. So why was their confidence so misplaced?

  • Shane Wright
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock after the RBA board decided to keep rates on hold.

Split Reserve Bank shocks economists, banks and households by holding rates steady

For the first time in its history, the RBA board has openly split over the direction of interest rates.

  • Shane Wright

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