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Productivity Commission head Danielle Wood.

Workers facing $14,000-a-year penalty if Australia can’t find its mojo

Business, university, technology and farming groups have combined to propose a raft of solutions to Australia’s growth malaise.

  • Shane Wright and Jessica McSweeney

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RBA governor Michele Bullock explained the 6-3 split in the bank over its decision to hold interest rates steady in July. But data since suggests it may cut in August.

Australia risks becoming a ‘welfare state’ without spending, productivity fixes

The Reserve Bank was split on a rate cut at its last meeting – now the minutes reveal why six board members voted against change.

  • Shane Wright
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock.

Oops. Did the Reserve Bank get that last rate decision wrong?

With June’s labour force numbers out, the merry dance of predicting rate movements and second-guessing the central bank begins afresh.

  • Elizabeth Knight
The unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent in June, the fourth month in a row the unemployment rate has lifted.

Unemployment at four-year high heaps pressure on RBA to ‘not make same mistake twice’

An unexpected increase in the jobless rate has put the spotlight back on the Reserve Bank after its recent decision to hold interest rates.

  • Shane Wright
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Why is bitcoin soaring? And is it time to invest?

Once seen only as a “safe haven” asset isolated from the fluctuation of markets, institutional investors are now flocking to the cryptocurrency.

  • Dominic Powell
Bank shares are known for their dividends, but some analysts say these payments are unsustainable.

‘Snowball effect’: RBA’s card surcharge ban risks higher prices and job cuts

Businesses would be banned from applying surcharges to all credit and debit card transactions from July next year under a Reserve Bank proposal.

  • Elias Visontay, Jessica Yun and Shane Wright
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Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock.

Listen: Is the RBA misleading us, or are they confused themselves?

Mortgagees were disappointed and economists shocked this week as interest rates were held, despite what was predicted. How did everyone get it so wrong?

  • Jacqueline Maley and Paul Sakkal
A full monthly inflation report is on track for year’s end, helping the Reserve Bank to set interest rates.

There’s a change coming to the number that guides the Reserve Bank on interest rates

Inflation guides what the Reserve Bank does on interest rates. It is now close to finally getting a full monthly insight into the nation’s price pressures.

  • Shane Wright
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock after the RBA board decided to keep rates on hold.

Australians just learnt a lesson about the pitfalls of following the herd

Michele Bullock shows a Jerome Powell-esque ability to ignore the noise and face the consequences of disappointment.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock explains the decision not to cut interest rates on Tuesday.

How everyone got the RBA’s interest rate call wrong

Almost every analyst, investor and borrower expected a rate cut from the Reserve Bank on Tuesday. So why was their confidence so misplaced?

  • Shane Wright

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