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War in the Middle East may lead to higher petrol prices at the pump.

Oil prices have jumped. Do you need to run to the petrol station?

There’s no crisis in oil markets yet, but your bill at the bowser might creep up.

  • Millie Muroi

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Jim Chalmers and Michele Bullock are poised to end more than a century of secrecy over Reserve Bank divisions on interest rate settings.

A century of secrecy coming to an end for Reserve Bank

Since its inception, divisions within the Reserve Bank over the direction of interest rates have been secret. That is about to come to an end.

  • Shane Wright
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
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
The deluge of grim economic numbers deprive President Donald Trump of a success story to campaign around as he seeks re-election in November.

The Reserve Bank has a special term for Donald Trump

Home buyers will be happy with the RBA’s latest rate cut. But it hides the full threat posed by uncertainty caused by the US president.

  • Shane Wright
RBA governor Michele Bullock is widely expected to lower the cash rate on Tuesday.

Interest rate cut was nearly bigger as instability fears linger

The Reserve Bank has cut the official interest rate for the second time this year against a backdrop of what further actions by Donald Trump might bring.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
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Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock.

The RBA’s war on inflation inflicts $290 billion bill on home buyers

Home buyers and investors have paid more than a quarter of a trillion dollars in interest to help bring down inflation. They may get another rate cut this week.

  • Shane Wright
Had the Coalition succeeded in getting Labor sacked, Labor would rightly have blamed the Reserve Bank’s tardiness in cutting interest rates for that sacking, and its side of politics would have gone for at least a decade seeing the central bank as the enemy.

Dutton’s election campaign rout lets RBA off the hook

Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock must be breathing a quiet sigh of relief now the Albanese government has been triumphantly returned to office.

  • Ross Gittins
RBA governor Michele Bullock said it was a consensus decision to keep rates on hold.

Job losses not RBA’s priority as bank keeps rates on hold

Asked about the impact of incoming US tariffs, RBA governor Michele Bullock said inflation remained the bank’s main focus as it held interest rates steady at 4.1 per cent.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
Treasurer Jim Chalmers

Chalmers didn’t give much away. The real gift could come later this year

The treasurer’s fourth budget could easily have been a pre-election spendathon that stoked inflation, but the central bank chief can breathe a sigh of relief.

  • Shane Wright

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