Economists will be keeping a close eye on scheduled remarks from Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser and assistant governor economic Sarah Hunter this week for clues about where interest rates are heading.
Here’s what you need to know about the key economic data releases this week.
View from the newsroom: Housing conundrum
When property values started slipping in major capital cities this year, the message from top economists was: fear not.
Their forecasts had the next move from the central bank shifting down, albeit towards the second half of next year. And so, the thinking went, the property market would shake off the declines relatively quickly and move into a recovery.