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‘Per capita recession’: Banks forecast longer downturn as more interest rate rises loom

Australia facing a multi-year per capita recession and even a quarter of negative economic growth in early 2024 with higher interest rates.

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RBA says jobs market too tight to control inflation

Australia has managed to engineer full employment but the extreme competition for workers risks keeping inflation higher for longer.

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RBA urges mortgage holders to hunt down better deals

Reserve Bank officials say record high rates of refinancing are keeping average home loan rates relatively low.

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Michael Pascoe: Once more for the dummies – we need higher wages

Inflation is more than double the headline wages growth – wages are lagging, not leading, Michael Pascoe writes.

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Handouts would have fuelled inflation: RBA

A Reserve Bank senior official has fielded questions about Labor's budget, its undershot inflation forecasts and its 2024 forecast for interest rate rises.

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Reserve Bank of Australia rejects 'scorched earth' policy to tame inflation with faster interest rate rises

The Reserve Bank of Australia will not hesitate to raise interest rates "quite quickly" if there are signs inflation is getting too far out of control, its deputy governor says.

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Greens claim treasurer ‘dodged’ housing scheme question – as it happened

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Energy prices top of mind for RBA

The second in command at the Reserve Bank says soaring energy prices could throw out its forecast and drive inflation even higher.

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How does the RBA set interest rates each month? Why was this month's decision a close call?

The Reserve Bank reveals its recent decision to slow down interest rate increases was "finely balanced" and explains the process by which it arrives at its monthly decisions.

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RBA deputy governor Michele Bullock says outlook for global economy is 'quite worrying'

RBA deputy governor Michelle Bullock warns of risks in the global economy, but says the RBA's ability to create money helped Australia's economy through the pandemic

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Reserve Bank of Australia reports loss of $37bn and plans to cut dividends to Treasury

Central bank in negative equity after 2021-22 loss, a review of its pandemic bond-buying program has found

The Guardian - AU

RBA dividend not expected for years

The central bank has defended its $281 billion bond-buying program but says it has had serious consequences for its balance sheet.

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Why is the Reserve Bank of Australia exploring digital currency options?

The RBA is looking into the idea of a central bank digital currency as cryptocurrencies continue to gain popularity

The Guardian - AU

Alan Kohler: The Reserve Bank is a renovator’s delight

The most controversial task of the panel reviewing the Reserve Bank will be to decide whether Governor Philip Lowe committed a sackable offence.

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RBA confident households can withstand more interest rate rises

A senior RBA official is confident households can withstand more rate rises but flagged concerns over high debt levels.

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International expert to review Reserve Bank as deputy governor says households in 'fairly good position' on rate rises

An international expert on monetary policy, Carolyn Wilkins, is one of a three-member panel that will conduct a broad review of the Reserve Bank, including its objectives and the interaction of monetary and fiscal policy.

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Monthly mortgage bills could rise by another $650. But the RBA’s not worried yet

Home owners are facing another $650 rise in their mortgage bills within months as the economy is pushed to the brink to curb inflation.

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Up to a third of mortgage holders could struggle to keep up with repayments, RBA says

Deputy reserve bank governor, Michele Bullock, says most Australians are ‘well placed’ to absorb the impact of rate rises

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Rates put first home buyers at risk: RBA

Reserve Bank deputy governor Michele Bullock has told a Brisbane audience recent first home buyers are most at risk of default in the face of rising rates.

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ANZ predicts cash rate above 3 pct in 2022

ANZ is forecasting the cash rate will hit 3.35 per cent for November, a prediction that's the most hawkish of the big four banks.

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New regulations coming to payment systems

The government is developing a new framework for regulating payment platforms, Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Michele Bullock says.

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No impact on rates from budget: Treasury

Treasury does not believe the $39 billion worth of spending in last week's budget will have a material impact on inflation or interest rates.

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Bullock appointed Reserve Bank deputy

The Reserve Bank of Australia has its first female deputy governor in its 62-year history, Michele Bullock, who replaces the retiring Guy Debelle.

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