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Home buyers could have hundreds of dollars extra in their pockets in time for Christmas as expectations grow of a string of interest rate cuts.

Reserve Bank could deliver shoppers plenty of pre-Christmas cheer

The expectation of an interest rate cut next month has soared in recent days. With more predicted cuts to follow, that could mean lots of Christmas cheer for the nation’s shoppers.

  • Shane Wright

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Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock.

Is the RBA a glass-half-full type of place? Its next rate decision will tell us

The national economy grew by a less-than-expected 0.2 per cent in the first three months of the year. At face value, the figure would seem to strengthen the case for a rate cut.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
The OECD says Australia’s housing crisis is holding the nation back economically.

Australia’s horror housing crisis singled out by global think tank

A chorus of experts argues the nation is being hamstrung by a dysfunctional housing sector. Now the world is taking notice of just how bad it is.

  • Shane Wright
Jamie Dimon

Why America may never be great again

When J.P. Morgan chief Jamie Dimon speaks, it’s best to pay attention.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
WA’s stamp duty exemption threshold has barely increased in the past decade.

House price rises were meant to ease. So what’s happened?

The theory that the Australian home market will bump up against affordability constraints has made a mockery of price predictions.

  • Elizabeth Knight
“Our country’s fiscal situation is undoubtedly extremely poor, worse than Greece’s”: Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba..

‘Worse than Greece’: Japan’s bond vortex sends a global warning

Donald Trump’s tariff blitz hasn’t just started a rollercoaster for shares. Weak demand at Japanese bond auctions is similar to what’s been occurring in other sovereign debt markets.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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House prices in Sydney and Melbourne could climb 12 per cent by the end of next year, HSBC has warned.

Rate cuts and election promises to push house prices up even higher

Economists are expecting Sydney and Melbourne house prices to rise by up to 12 per cent as rate cuts and a lack of supply make housing less affordable.

  • Shane Wright
In principle, negative gearing isn’t even a tax concession, so it shouldn’t be included in Treasury’s tax expenditure statement.

Australia’s inconvenient truth: Are we really in mortgage stress?

Despite the narrative of high interest rates crippling borrowers, most mortgage customers didn’t seize on the February rate cut to reduce their monthly payments.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Donald Trump, RBA governor Michele Bullock and the “uncertainty index”.

Donald Trump – a bigger problem than COVID and the GFC combined

The Reserve Bank chooses its words carefully. In its most recent economic outlook, it used the word “uncertain” much more than ever before.

  • Shane Wright
Home buyers are asking about borrowing as much money as possible.

‘Stretch themselves to the max’: The risky property trend that’s back

Home buyers were worried last year about interest rates going up again, but they’re starting to change their tune after two cuts.

  • Elizabeth Redman

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