Interest rates
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ overshadows Reserve Bank’s rate call
Trump’s threat to treat Australia’s 10 per cent goods and services tax as a trade impediment has been branded as ‘ridiculous’ by economists.
- Jacob Shteyman
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The cautionary tale of the man who borrowed $120m with interest rates of up to 72 per cent
Peter Crown’s property play for one of the largest land holdings in the Southern Highlands offers a lesson in what can go right - and wrong - amid a boom in private credit.
- Lucy Macken
More borrowers are ditching their bank as refinancing rate picks up
Home loan customers have been growing more proactive in seeking out cheaper loans recently, especially as interest rates trend lower.
- Clancy Yeates
Will giving families extra money boost our birth rates?
Housing affordability and the cost of living are playing a big part in the decision to have children, but other forces are at play too.
- Victoria Devine
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Fed keeps interest rates on hold, warns of Trump ‘uncertainty’
The Fed said it still anticipates two rate cuts by the end of the year but chair Jerome Powell said uncertainty about the economy is “unusually elevated” as it waits to see the impact of Trump’s policies.
- Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir
NAB boss worried ‘tariff madness’ could put future rate cuts at risk
CEOs from two major Australian banks have warned that an escalation of Donald Trump’s trade war would harm global economic growth and drive up inflation.
- Clancy Yeates
The ‘unconventional’ Summer Hill two-bedder that sold for $1.35m at auction
Upsizers from Camperdown were drawn to a Summer Hill property’s history and unique design and paid $1,355,000 at auction on Saturday.
- Kristy Johnson
The Sydney suburbs where house values are falling fastest right now
A cut to the cash rate gave the property market a boost in some areas, but other neighbourhoods have been bucking the trend.
- Kristy Johnson
The bellwether suburbs leading a new round of property price gains
Home values in several areas bounced last month as interest rates fell, improving sentiment and borrowing power. Will it last?
- Elizabeth Redman
How home buyers can lift their budget and slash their payments – and why they shouldn’t
High property prices mean potential home buyers are already asking about ways to make their repayments more affordable, and lenders have noticed.
- Caroline Zielinski
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