RBA ‘stands ready’ on QE
The RBA is poised to launch a program of unconventional monetary policy if needed, deputy governor Guy Debelle says.
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Dollarmites kids lose with interest cut
CBA slashes what’s possibly the only interest-bearing account it can still cut.
Tax breaks, cash to ease coronavirus fear
The IMF has urged the government to delay its return to surplus and deliver cash transfers or corporate tax breaks to soften the blow.
Bendigo Bank to cut loan interest rates
Bendigo Bank has passed on the latest interest rate cut, but it won’t take effect until the end of March.
A Lowe blow for retirees
Urged on by the Treasurer, the RBA’s latest rate cut could prompt retirees into missteps that end badly.
Nation on brink of reverse as virus hit revealed
Treasury and the RBA are forecasting the virus will cut growth by 0.5 percentage points, likely putting the economy in negative territory.
Virus will hurt GDP: RBA’s Debelle
Guy Debelle has warned a dive in student arrivals triggered by the coronavirus will wipe up to half a percentage point from GDP growth in the current March quarter.
A misplaced faith in central banks
The Fed cannot save the US economy from the coronavirus, for two reasons.
Lowe facing rate cut crisis
There’s incontrovertible evidence that debt reduction and household deleveraging is consuming the benefit of lower variable mortgage rates.
’Too many things have gone wrong’: Triguboff
Property billionaire Harry Triguboff says the government won’t be able to fix the economy’s many problems without interest rates staying low for at least five years.
A rate cut and then what?
The markets almost unanimously expect the RBA to cut interest rates, but the case for doing that is simply not there.
Wages growth still subdued
Limp wages growth in late 2019 has kept open the case for further interest rate cuts.
Right call on RBA
Economists aren’t renowned for their forecasts but one at least correctly anticipated the surprise downgrade contained the RBA’s latest economic update.
‘Loyalty tax’ stinging borrowers, RBA finds
RBA reignites the bank ‘loyalty tax’ debate, saying borrowers with older loans pay a lot more in interest.
‘My greatest fear’: RBA boss
RBA governor says of all the issues facing the Australian economy, one worries him more than the rest.
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