The Latest Breaking News from the Reserve Bank

Public spending can drive inflation, but from healthcare to education, Australians expect more and better public services – and Labor provided

Mortgage holders were smashed by the fastest interest rate hiking cycle in decades post-pandemic, but a study has found it did little to dampen spending.

Smaller lenders like SBS Bank say they’re wooing customers away from the Australian-owned banks, offering mortgage rates as low as 3.99 percent while the big banks drag their feet. The Reserve Bank began cutting the official cash rate 15 months ago, but analysts say the big high street banks haven’t…

If the Reserve Bank is right, then by the end of 2027 the average wage will only have the same purchasing power as it did at the end of 2011

The rising cost of new homes and services such as takeaway meals were key to the Reserve Bank's inflation miss in September and could rule out future rate cuts.

Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock says unexpected jumps in employment and inflation made the board ‘a little bit cautious’

More rate cuts are looking increasingly unlikely as the Reserve Bank concedes it underestimated inflationary pressures that persist in the economy.

The local bourse fell 0.9 per cent to close at its lowest level since September 26 after the Reserve Bank suggested it might not adjust rates for some time.

Borrowers face the possibility of interest rates going up rather than down again after the Reserve Bank held steady following a spike in inflation.

The Reserve Bank is widely expected to keep rates on hold after a spike in inflation, with the bank's updated economic forecasts set to be closely scrutinised.

The coalition has sought to link a recent rise in inflation and unemployment to the 1970s economic malaise, but analysts say there is no need to panic.