{"id":405458,"date":"2026-02-03T10:49:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/405458\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:49:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:49:05","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\/uk\/405458\/","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\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxPY2w5Tzd6Z21vbjhqaTZ4Q1NYaTgzaF9SSGwyTUF2aldzMzYwX3lyRWRwZTRsZkU3R3VwYW5Ud0pyWm5CRDJ0dVoyc24tRXF2eWxZT2xyd3R4QWlIaUQtRFI4LUp2WDA0UDB3dDNpOFdEa2ZESUJSemh3NDZYQ1MwVl9HN1VOQndQaUEwN1dDVWZoek5sLTYtbUZHY29FZTN4Nm1UUmNwVHNoZGNQU1cweEN2cW1oWVNfTDYwSnU5R3RPbGJ3azhvVjdmckRwc0UxR2tpYQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australia reverses course with rate hike, markets bet on more<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<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\/CBMicEFVX3lxTE5VTHhULS1SMVZvVEVYb0pTLXc2RF9TWXNrMnZkSWtfUjVVREMtM1VWeExXbTQ1WTZGLVFRblFtYzB4dnZGcFg1d2xWTEdwN0hxSkg5RmdCZDV6T0JnaU9yYUp1bU53UHFsblFZMEFsLXo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australian central bank reverses course with interest rate increase<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times<\/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 GuardianAustralia&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-405458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}