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Rate-cut hopes hit brick wall as RBA cements stance

Borrowers are being warned to not bank on any short-term relief on their mortgages as the RBA talks down hopes of an interest rate cut in 2024.

AAP

Meeting minutes to show RBA dancing to its own beat

Markets will turn their attention to the Reserve Bank's latest board meeting minutes but they might be better off looking further afield for new insights.

AAP

Australia’s productivity riddle – and what it might mean for interest rates

Michele Bullock keeps telling us productivity is flatlining. How it changes may well determine if the Reserve Bank will tolerate wage rises beyond 3%

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RBA downplays role of government spending in stoking inflation

Governor Michele Bullock cites consumer spending and China’s slowdown as bigger influences on Australia’s economic trajectory

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous murder inquiry ‘weak’

Critics say the Senate inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and children has failed to make the bold recommendations required, and the RBA will face the House of Representatives today.

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Building costs in the frame for ongoing housing crisis

The Reserve Bank says it is closely monitoring the housing shortage, but dismisses reports a construction union is to blame for escalating costs.

AAP

Australian shares notch up five-day winning streak

The ASX200 rose 0.2 per cent, despite a mixed labour market report that could keep domestic interest rates on hold through 2024.

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Australia’s unemployment rate rises to 4.2% in July, even as employers add more than 58,000 jobs

Latest data reported by the ABS dims chances of a near-term RBA interest rate cut

The Guardian - AU

The RBA and its critics claim Australia’s economy needs to be slowed down. But the data shows both are wrong

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is right to argue the economy is already slow enough

The Guardian - AU

The RBA poured cold water on an interest rate cut before Christmas – but its hawkish stance may make inflation even worse

It seems that the lessons of the past on issuing ‘forward guidance’ have been quickly forgotten

The Guardian - AU

Public sector wages increase at second fastest pace in 14 years, ABS data shows

Private sector wages growth was up just 0.7% for the June quarter, the equal lowest since the end of 2021

The Guardian - AU

Labor defends partial gambling ad ban

Labor says it’s helping free-to-air media survive by not backing a total gambling ad ban, and Fatima Payman is leading the charge of independent candidates in heartland Labor seats.

Crikey

Keating slams Albanese, AUKUS

The former prime minister says the defence pact will turn Australia into the ’51st state of the United States’, and Labor’s proposed childcare pay rise has summoned the inflation hawks.

Crikey

RBA ‘will not hesitate’ to raise interest rates again to combat inflation, Michele Bullock warns

Reserve Bank governor says there is ‘considerable uncertainty’ over Australia’s economic future and the board ‘remains vigilant’

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Paris becomes Australia’s greatest Olympics

Australian athletes secured four more gold medals overnight in our greatest-ever Olympic haul, and the Great Barrier Reef is enduring its hottest seas in more than 400 years.

The Guardian - AU

A Reserve Bank cut is on the cards by the end of the year – but the property price nightmare is set to worsen

It is essentially impossible to repay a home loan if you are an average household

The Guardian - AU

Commonwealth Bank still predicts interest rate cut in 2024 as RBA defends keeping cash rate on hold

Reserve Bank’s chief economist says it is ‘difficult’ to hear the stories of those who ‘are struggling’

Crikey

An (ongoing) shitshow in the Shire, Aussies doing us ‘proud’ in the US, and RBA love letters

This week, we chronicle some of the (increasingly weird) Australian interventions in the US election, and check in on the Liberal machinations in the Shire.

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Index of misery: How the RBA’s inconsistency is harming households

The Reserve Bank is increasingly frustrated inflation won’t come down. Maybe it should look at the role governments play.

Crikey

Interest rates hold steady… just

The Reserve Bank considered a rate hike but ultimately held firm yesterday, and Tim Walz is Kamala Harris’ new running mate.

AAP

Rising cost of living hammers renters and mortgage belt

Higher rents are weighing heavily on Australians receiving government support payments as all households experience rising living costs.

The Guardian - AU

The RBA left interest rates on hold – but don’t get your hopes up for a cut any time soon

Governor Michele Bullock makes clear that any expectation of rate cuts this year ‘not aligned’ with bank’s present thinking

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: mortgage holders’ cash rate freeze; Trump backs EVs after ‘rot in hell’ comment; and human remains found inside croc

RBA keeps cash rate unchanged at 4.35% for sixth meeting in a row

The Guardian - UK

Wall Street rallies after rout, as Goldman Sachs warns correction hasn’t gone far enough – as it happened

Japan’s Nikkei bounces back with a 10% surge, as Fed officials try to reassure markets that US is not in recession

The Guardian - AU

Australian borrowers spared interest rate rise but RBA governor warns cut ‘not on the agenda’ in near term

The RBA has left the cash rate on hold at 4.35% for a sixth meeting in a row, but says inflation is proving persistent

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