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The RBA has announced the cash rate will remain unchanged at 4.35 per cent.
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Sluggish economic growth and rising unemployment are some of the risks the RBA needs to balance when setting interest rates.
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Borrowers have been spared more mortgage pain following the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to keep interest rates on hold for the fourth meeting in a row.…
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The promise of any relief coming for borrowers seems to be pushed back with every coming day.
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A resurgent domestic economy and sticky inflation will force the Reserve Bank to do a U-turn and 'increase its benchmark interest rate three times' this year.
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Australia sits at the top of the global table in terms of the strongest transmission of monetary policy based on a combined scorecard.
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Millions of households still face the prospect of paying higher interest rates, as the Reserve Bank continues its fight against inflation. (VIDEO)
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Annual inflation has held at 3.4 per cent for three consecutive months.
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The timing of when the RBA will begin cutting interest rates has become a subject of speculation among economists.
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The consensus view is that we should see cuts by September but there are economists who argue no change will come this year. I think these people are wrong.
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In March last year, the final report from the RBA Review made the recommendation that we strip Australia's treasurer of the power to overrule actions taken by t…
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The RBA could lower interest rates before reaching its inflation target goal, Michele Bullock has said.
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