A chaotic ‘up-crash’ as markets and economic realities made for a turbulent 2025
AI. Market records. Tariffs. Penguins. TACO. It’s been a big year of economic shocks and surges as the…
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, NAB now tipping RBA to hike cash rate 0.25 per cent in February
Two major banks are now forecasting the Reserve Bank of Australia will hike rates at its February meeting,…
Interest rate rises replace cuts on Michele Bullock’s RBA agenda
Those of us who watch central banks spend many hours trying to read the tea leaves to divine…
Rate hike calls ‘premature’ as inflation ‘not a problem’, AMP’s Diana Mousina says ahead of Tuesday’s cash rate decision
Expectations of a rate hike are “premature”, according to a top economist who believes the current inflation rate…
Shadow treasurer Ted O’Brien tears into Labor’s economic agenda as households to suffer under large public spending
The Albanese government’s spending is growing faster than the economy as a whole, prompting warnings that the Reserve…
Interest rate hikes increasingly likely in 2026 but a major event would produce the opposite result
An interest rate hike on Tuesday is a practical impossibility. But if a growing number of forecasters are…
What the latest GDP numbers mean for interest rates and the economy
On a couple of occasions, former treasurer and prime minister Paul Keating described favourable gross domestic product figures…
ANZ’s Adam Boyton says RBA to keep interest rates on ‘extended hold’ after inflation lifted in 12 months to October
Mortgage holders have been dealt a fresh blow, as another major Australian bank scraps the idea of interest…
RBA’s ‘narrow path’ rates approach ‘not the right strategy’, EQ Economics’ Warren Hogan declares after inflation lifts
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s “narrow path” approach to taming inflation while minimising damage throughout the economy was…
RBA could hike interest rates in early 2026 as banks rewrite forecasts
The economic ground shook on Wednesday after the Bureau of Statistics released its new monthly Consumer Price Index…
‘Get rates up’: EQ Economics’ Warren Hogan delivers major interest rate call after inflation spikes in year to October
The Reserve Bank of Australia has “to get rates up” to stamp out the resurgence of inflation, a…
Wage growth remains steady at 3.4 per cent, just ahead of inflation
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures show workers received an average base pay increase of 3.4 per cent over…