Inflation
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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- Exclusive
- 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
- Updated
- Jobs
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
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Out for blood: Trump’s reckless witch-hunt could trigger financial chaos
The president is getting increasingly desperate as he looks to push out the head of the Federal Reserve. If he is successful, the consequences will be severe.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump’s misguided wars are starting to hurt the American people
Donald Trump and his Treasury Secretary were quick to declare victory in a key economic battle. They are wrong.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Analysis
- Interest rates
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
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
- Opinion
- Interest rates
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
- Analysis
- Interest rates
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
- Updated
- Interest rates
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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