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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Mike Hohnen

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

A TV camera person records electronic boards displaying stock information at the Australian Securities Exchange
All eyes are on stock markets amid concern about the US economy. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Welcome, readers, to the Afternoon Update.

There may have been a collective sigh of relief for mortgage holders around the country today as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate unchanged at 4.35% for a sixth meeting in a row.

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