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CPI increases for second month in a row with housing and food top contributors, lessening chances of the RBA cutting interest rates in 2024.
INFLATION
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Cost-of-living pressures have left some homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages in Melbourne.
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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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The Australian Government has unveiled its strategy to boost economic activity and increase national security.
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The world’s leading central banks must resist calls from politicians for early interest rate cuts amid concerns over stubbornly high inflation
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Annual inflation has held at 3.4 per cent for three consecutive months.
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Sky News host Paul Murray says Australians are “truly at their wits end” as inflation and interest rates are set to go “higher” and not lower.
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Analysts are warning that a number of supply-side forces could push inflation — and therefore interest rates — higher again later this year.
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Home values rose 0.6 per cent in February, with increases in every capital city except Hobart, according to CoreLogic.
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NAB has hiked interest rates across select credit cards today, as more Aussies turn to plastic to help make ends meet.
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The Reserve Bank governor says interest rates may need to go even higher if one thing doesn’t improve – as she offers a glimmer of hope for early reprieve.
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