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The cost of living is surging, so why will the RBA add to it by raising interest rates?

The Reserve Bank is increasingly likely to start raising interest rates next Tuesday. But why would it add increased interest costs to household budgets at a time when Australians are struggling with a surging cost of living? Michael Janda explains the economics behind it.

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RBA minutes may give further rate clues

The minutes of the Reserve Bank’s April board meeting may give further clues to the timing of the first rise in the cash rate in a decade.

Crikey

Rising rates will put pressure on default risk

Rising interest rates will be a juggling act for the RBA with debt serviceability

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RBA warns watching inflation, wages data

The Reserve Bank of Australia board has left the cash rate unchanged, but warns it will be monitoring inflation and wages figures in coming months.

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RBA's Lowe warns higher inflation ahead

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has warned higher rates of inflation are ahead, signally he will be keeping watch on data results in coming months.

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With inflation back, the rest of the world is hiking up interest rates. Why not Australia?

The RBA has kept interest rates at an all-time low of 0.10% — a move that has more to do with protecting the wealthy than it does the average consumer.

Crikey

Michael Pascoe: We want inflation but not a higher cost of living. Go figure that one

While nobody seems to want the cost of living to be higher, it is official policy to push inflation higher than it has been for a decade.

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Workers in driver's seat on wage demands

A new survey has found employers are facing higher wage demands from candidates seeking employment.

AAP

Price rises are hitting consumers as inflation takes off. These are some items that are going up now

As economists predict another round of hikes in official inflation figures, we speak to traders and consumers who are already noticing concerning price rises.

ABC News

Workers set to take a real pay cut of 1.5% as inflation surges, RBA boss warns

Philip Lowe hopes inflation spike a one-off caused by supply chain disruption and soaring oil prices due to Ukraine invasion

The Guardian - AU

Michael Pascoe: RBA gently points out we don’t have an AUKUS economy

You know the old cliché “if America sneezes, Australia catches a cold”? It’s very last century and long overdue for retirement.

The New Daily

Should miners pay more tax? The war in Ukraine has delivered a massive windfall

Australia’s mining giants are cashing in as the war in Ukraine drives a massive rise in commodity prices. So should they pay more tax?

The New Daily

‘Inflation psychology’: Ukraine war squeezes Australian motorists as nations ban Russian oil

Australians are being slugged with higher petrol prices as the war in Ukraine threatens to usher in a sustained period of higher inflation.

The New Daily

Interest rate rise ‘plausible’, RBA says, eyeing supply shocks from Ukraine invasion

Reserve Bank will act ‘to maintain low and stable inflation in Australia’, Philip Lowe says

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Reserve Bank warns Russia-Ukraine war will send new wave of inflation around the world

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says bottlenecks in the world's supply chains had been easing, but the Russia-Ukraine war could change everything and send prices soaring once again.

AAP

Rate rise plausible this year: RBA's Lowe

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has told a business conference that a rise in the cash rate is plausible this year.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison says defence force ‘not available on a moment’s notice’ to respond to disaster – as it happened

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RBA's Lowe warns of upside inflation risks

RBA governor Philip Lowe has told a business conference inflation could reach four per cent-plus as a result of the Ukraine war and the floods in Australia.

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RBA's Lowe to speak, focus on Ukraine

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe will address a business conference on Wednesday, providing an opportunity to expand on his views on the Ukrainian conflict.

AAP

Ukraine major source of uncertainty: RBA

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe says the war in Ukraine is a major source of uncertainty, as the board left rates on hold.

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Reserve Bank keeps cash rate at 0.1 per cent amid Russia's Ukraine invasion turmoil

The Reserve Bank keeps its cash rate target at a record low 0.1 per cent as it watches the unfolding economic fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine .

The Conversation

Australia cut unemployment faster than anyone predicted – why stop now?

If you told someone a year ago unemployment was about to dive below 5%, to just above 4%, they wouldn’t have believed you.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: The Reserve Bank is fiddling while inflation burns

The Reserve Bank is in danger of getting left behind by inflation, which means we’re all in danger of getting left behind by galloping interest rates.

The New Daily

‘Material effect’: Omicron fuels inflation fears as businesses hike prices

Australians are paying more for everything from clothes to burgers after Omicron wreaked havoc on businesses in January, economists warn.

AAP

Home owners have built big buffers: RBA

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe says home owners have built "big buffers" when it comes to paying the mortgage.

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