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Home buyers who delay purchasing in the hopes of getting more money to spend thanks to interest rate cuts could face higher prices and more competition.
INTEREST RATES
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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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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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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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There were hopes of a series of rates cuts coming soon, but hopes have been dashed by shock new figures today.
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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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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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Mortgage arrears rates charged higher at the fastest rate in nearly two years in January.
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