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Boomers are still spending. We need to hike taxes, not interest rates, to fight inflation

A mixture of corporate and consumption taxes would be appropriate, even if it is a solution few people are talking about.

Crikey

Alan Kohler: RBA hasn’t broken its habit of making horribly wrong interest calls

Pessimists fearful of a Reserve-Bank trifecta of runaway inflation, massive unemployment and house-price collapse need to get a grip.

The New Daily

More rate pain ahead? This week will provide some clues

The Reserve Bank's next move on interest rates remains shrouded in uncertainty but two senior officials may provide some clues.

The New Daily

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Reserve Bank officials to shed light on rates pathway

Public appearances from top Reserve Bank officials will be worth watching following hawkish posturing from Australia's central bank.

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The Ferguson Report: Trump threatens to govern from jail between golf rounds

The next President In Absentia of the United States, Donald Trump, has vowed to campaign and rule from jail.

The New Daily

After 12 rate hikes and counting, the jobs market is still terrifying the RBA

Australia may end up following New Zealand into a low-unemployment recession if the RBA keeps lifting rates.

Crikey

Strong job numbers could mean more rate rises for Australia. Here’s why a recession isn’t a certainty

Reserve Bank appears determined to raise interest rates at least once more, even if Australia’s economy is slowing

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Immigration key to Australia avoiding a recession, unlike NZ

If Australia is lurching towards a recession like the one neighbouring New Zealand is now suffering, there were few signs of it on Thursday.

The New Daily

Australia’s unemployment falls to 3.6% as the economy adds 76,000 jobs in May

Employers expand workforces even as growth slows, surprising economists

The Guardian - AU

We know how to boost productivity and lift wages – but it will take time and much tougher tax reform

The slide in Australia’s labour productivity – real gross domestic product per hour worked – has become a real concern. In the past year, labour productivity has fallen 4.6%.

The Conversation

Reserve Bank underpaid almost 1200 staff

Some 1200 staff of the Reserve Bank missed out on wages they were entitled to due to an error calculating payments for leave.

AAP

Thanks, Philip: jobless numbers set for big rise, according to NAB

Australia is looking at hundreds of thousands more jobless as the economy slows down dramatically. That will have real costs for the federal government.

Crikey

Michael Pascoe: In defence of the RBA (no, seriously)

The RBA and whoever happens to be in government right now want unemployment up above 4 per cent to 4.25 or 4.5 per cent.

The New Daily

Wealth rises with $140 billion property price surge in early 2023

Australia’s housing market has surged by $140 billion in early-2023 amid an extraordinary rebound in property prices.

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Guardian Essential poll: voters trust Labor over Coalition to manage cost of living and inflation

Poll also shows support for government initiatives to regulate artificial intelligence

The New Daily

Smaller lenders offer savers more than 5 per cent, in contrast to big four

Australians are being urged to consider “breaking up” with the big banks as smaller players rush to pass on higher savings rates.

The New Daily

Interest rates could hit two-decade high by August as mortgage stress soars

Australians struggling with the highest interest rates in a decade are being warned to expect one or two more mortgage bill hikes.

The Guardian - AU

Inflation, unemployment, interest rate hikes: is it any wonder Australia’s misery index is rising?

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Shoot to kill

Disgraced former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is again allegedly ‘directly involved’ in the killing of an elderly man in Afghanistan in 2012, and Queensland children are pleading guilty to crimes they didn’t commit to avoid being held in remand for long periods.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s productivity plunge: why is the Reserve Bank concerned and should we panic?

Philip Lowe cited ‘subdued’ productivity growth when the RBA lifted rates for a 12th time to try to tame inflation. Here’s why it matters

The New Daily

Wages or profits? What’s to blame for sky-high inflation?

As the cost-of-living crisis takes a turn for the worse, debate is raging about the role corporate profits have played in delivering the highest inflation

Crikey

The cost of the Reserve Bank’s profit denialism will be counted in lives

The RBA insists there’s no link between rising profits and inflation. Why do other central banks and the OECD disagree?

Crikey

Reserve Bank faces a leadership crisis at the worst possible time

As if the RBA didn’t have enough problems, its governor is becoming a figure of mockery — both with the public and with serious commentators.

Crikey

It’s Lowe’s reality show, we just live in it. Or try to

The government and RBA should be using capital to make life fairer. Instead we’re getting homilies about shared housing. What an admission of failure by the establishment.

The New Daily

A quarter of homes are bought mortgage-free

The value of homes bought with cash is trending up, with the bulk of those purchases by older generations moving to the regions to retire.

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