{"id":450970,"date":"2026-02-03T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450970\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:33:05","slug":"a-hot-economy-rbas-rate-hike-justification-is-hard-to-swallow-for-australians-struggling-with-cost-of-living-crisis-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450970\/","title":{"rendered":"A hot economy? RBA\u2019s rate hike justification is hard to swallow for Australians struggling with cost-of-living crisis &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxQVDlfVVdzSVkyRzJKOURQT0RTcHZhWVEzYUxNU3dVUGJrYkhYOXp4cEJsVEtvVG1XZHlUUVBuRTdDd3lBSW43YWEwN3hLRW1OWFVHLVc4ZHA4bzEzNGZ0U1RWQzcwdXNHMDV6dW1IdVZBZ19MLUZyWnFwRERGd1lhU0FqM0VkVWl3ZEplQVJZZV9XNjRLbDRsdnBBbUVfUG02N05fUmxnTTJSZ1ZFV2NBUXdoSFVYTlBQaVJRUUZERGZyaTg1amwtTXRxdmV1amlfYmZjOVluVmRreVFGVEllaEF1cUlRdVZKb2RtNzc5dUtnbXpKVXkxbkRWMEh2Zmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A hot economy? RBA\u2019s rate hike justification is hard to swallow for Australians struggling with cost-of-living crisis<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE93YXNxMERRNTRPb1BOcGV5VjdMaGJsSWdnYWVqd091S2NveTE5aTJvaGlpWF9rSGFNaWlXQTc5VHVYS1cwTFcybWtyTzBhRzlIZTJEM29jN2U0OVRMRXVTbWZ5M3BETTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Statement by the Monetary Policy Board: Monetary Policy Decision | Media Releases<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reserve Bank of Australia<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNYTNnb0JybFdXclU2YTI4WGNOY21rV01VVElaeHFJTllaemFPSnRpbkZwSXk2S3BsbTZ4WnhHbkdhVTlEZ1Y1VXBNY1EtYW9yeV9LalZfY2pTTlJNZlhocUJpcm9ZdmlHN2Y1TldPdVJWZUQya1dwLVdSN2M4MVo3alA0bU11SElXcWdmNE9VQ3JqajlvOWtMdWNjNFItT09TOUHSAa4BQVVfeXFMT3BtR2p5MFJTZ3NjNTFVQm9XSW9BVjRFUnFWWWxuMHZJR2Z1Nm9Tc3Y5TU1Za1o3SlV5UHUzNlhQbzg1SkY4NHhIXzNLTkhpTFFmQ3NsMElYZkxENXhSbDBEaFhRR28yanZBYmpXLU5rNzR2RDhxRlZnR3BoZko5Sy11M2QzYnJNbkJPbW5DNUNOcVZNejcwRHp6M01oZlFRU1ZZS3ZxTGVpMV9SQTVB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RBA Hikes, Signals More to Come as Inflation Stays Sticky<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;FOREX.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQU1ZXbjNVNjhUMWxTdTZSLUpJYnFoLUdLYWc0cnlWMTBmbTFuX2I1XzZ4RU1iV09aUlI3OVhGS3F2aTVyNXZPaDhEQkxuOWZKRERsQ3Q5aGRBcS15MEZ0R1BaTjlCTUtReHNvUVVNRk1Pa1VwenlHRHBFaTBqRVRCZ20xTFZQdEVfZlZMUTV0bHRRV2Fy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aussie dollar climbs as RBA raises rates and leaves door open to more hikes \u2014 as it happened<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hot economy? RBA\u2019s rate hike justification is hard to swallow for Australians struggling with cost-of-living crisis&nbsp;&nbsp;The GuardianStatement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[45,49,48,46],"class_list":["post-450970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}