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The hope is new borrowing rules will take some steam out of house and property prices without giving the rest of the economy a whack.
INTEREST RATES
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Australia's official cash rate will remain on hold at the record-low level of 0.1 per cent.
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Buyers will struggle to get this kind of land on the cheap for the next couple of years across most states in Australia.
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Bubbles must – by definition – go “pop”. And our housing market just hasn’t. Nor is it likely to.
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Aussies have used the pandemic-induced lull in their lives to hunt around for a better bank deal, pushing the value of refinanced mortgages to record heights.
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There is a big question mark over whether Australia’s record-breaking property price boom can be sustained.
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Australia's employment is strong, but not to the Kiwi level, and set to be held back further by extended lockdowns, meaning different interest rate outlooks.
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The central bank reiterated it will not raise the cash rate from its record low of 0.10 per cent until inflation is sustainably between two and three per cent.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has held official interest rates at record low levels and kept its quantitative easing program unchanged.
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There was much excitement last week when the RBA shifted to saying their “central scenario” is that a rise won’t be needed “before 2024″.
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Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe will have another opportunity to explain the central bank’s policy intentions during a speech on the labour market.
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Australia’s official interest rates have been kept at a historic low after the Reserve Bank’s monthly meeting.
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