Thirty years of making the big calls
Bill Evans tells what worries him most about the three decades to come after 30 years as Westpac’s chief economist.
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Delicate housing balance for RBA
The latest argument in favour of macroprudential housing controls is higher debt-to-income ratios, but data goes the other way too.
Reserve warns on red-hot housing
The Reserve Bank has warned regulators would be forced to act on Australia’s heated housing market if there were another ‘very dramatic loosening’ of lending standards.
Unrelenting property boom the great paradox of our time
At its most extreme, median house prices were rising by $1000 a day over the past three months — but regulators are nowhere to be seen.
RBA is hostage to lockdowns
The Reserve Bank is not ready to make a call on the likelihood of a double dip recession.
RBA pledges ‘whatever it takes’
The Reserve Bank has vowed to do whatever it takes in order to keep official cash rates low, even as investors dump bonds amid inflation fears.
Amid epic battle, RBA’s Lowe relaxed and ready to fight
The RBA is showing no signs it will blink first after successfully staring down bond traders over the last week.
‘An extremely courageous forecast’
The ultra-low rates designed to fire up the economy threaten to bring inflation back into play, a former Reserve Bank governor is warning.
‘Solvency phase’: RBA warns of new bank tests
The liquidity phase of the COVID-19 crisis has mostly passed but will be replaced by a solvency test for the nation’s banks.
Banks ‘should urge clients to refinance’
Banks would be forced to ‘prompt’ their own customers to think about refinancing their home loan as part of a set of recommendations to government.
House prices ‘not our job’: RBA
The Reserve Bank is rejecting suggestions it should be keeping the heat out of the housing market.
Mortgage rates have further to fall: RBA
RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle says the ‘steady decline’ in average mortgage rates will continue for a while yet.
Economy poised for rapid rebound: RBA
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says the rapid digital transformation of the Australian economy through the pandemic has created an opportunity for businesses.
Cautious RBA sees patchy recovery
A cautiously optimistic RBA has again ruled out negative rates but remains open to further quantitative easing measures.
Banks defiant on mortgage rates
The nation’s four biggest banks ignore calls to pass on all of RBA’s record-setting cut, holding firm on variable mortgages.
Big four defy RBA cut
Australia’s largest banks are refusing to pass on RBA governor Philip Lowe’s emergency cash rate cut, leaving thousands of families without relief on mortgage repayments.
Stealth mission to nationalise financial system
The shock and awe following the Reserve Bank’s latest battery of monetary salvos obscured the bigger picture.
Thanks for nothing, Phil
The days where volume could offset the impact of eroding margins are long gone.
RBA to retirees: think of the greater good
RBA governor Philip Lowe says he understands the pain of retirees living off saving.
RBA lays ground for Cup Day rate cut, QE program
RBA’s Philip Lowe says cutting rates to 0.1pc as the economy opens back up would ‘get more traction’ than earlier in the year.
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