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Donald Trump’s tariff policies have sent markets on a roller coast ride.

Cheaper fuel? Five ways the market meltdown affects you

Super balances, home loan repayments and the price of petrol could all be affected by the recent mayhem on financial markets.

  • Clancy Yeates

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Bullock hoses down hopes of deep interest rate cuts after Trump upheaval

Expectations of deep cuts in official interest rates to protect the economy from the global tariff war are growing, but the Reserve Bank governor is cautious.

  • Shane Wright

Trump is making life very difficult for an old enemy

Fed chair Jerome Powell has, not for the first time, found himself between a rock and a hard place. It didn’t have to be like this.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
We may be at the start of a refinancing frenzy, with more rate cuts on the way.

How savvy borrowers can double the coming rate cuts

With more rate cuts on the way and refinancing starting to kick off, it’s a perfect time to save big bucks on your mortgage.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.

Albanese lays down challenge for Dutton over wages

Labor will urge the workplace regulator to order a real increase in pay for 2.6 million workers after the RBA chose to keep interest rates on hold.

  • David Crowe and Millie Muroi
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
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The Australian dollar posted one of its best weeks in a year.

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ overshadows Reserve Bank’s rate call

The US president’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

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
Home loans

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
The Australian birth rate is the lowest it’s ever been.

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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