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Mortgage mayhem: More lenders up interest rates on fixed deals

Average rate on two-year fix rose from 5.72 per cent to 5.75 per cent on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Rising interest rates keep the pressure on real estate investment trusts

Drop in investment demand comes even as demand for retail and warehouse space recovers

Evening Standard

Interest rate fears drive housebuilding down at pace only seen during pandemic and financial crisis

The data “will send a chill down the spine of the UK economy”, economist Dr John Glen said

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Why Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe wants to damage the economy further

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe and his board have pushed up interest rates yet again – for the twelfth time in 14 months – because they want to damage the economy further.

The Conversation

‘Difficult to understand’: Mortgage bills to rise again as RBA hikes interest rates in June

Australian households will be forced to endure a 12th hike in interest rates after the Reserve Bank moved to push up mortgage bills in June.

The New Daily

Interest rates hiked in June: RBA moves to 4.1 per cent amid fears about inflation plan

The Reserve Bank raised interest rates another 0.25 percentage points in June and has signaled more could be on the horizon.

The New Daily

RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank increases cash rate by 25 basis points in attempt to quash inflation

RBA decision to raise Australia’s cash rate by another 25 basis points brings the official rate to 4.1%, its highest level in 11 years

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Central bank going ‘rogue’, senator claims – as it happened

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Live: RBA lifts interest rates to 4.1 per cent, Apple shares reach record high, ASX trades lower as Baby Bunting downgrades profits

The Reserve Bank has increased the cash rate to 4.1 per cent at its June meeting, citing "persistent" and "ongoing" high inflation. It's the highest cash rate since April 2012. Follow live.

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Deutsche Bank says the U.S. is headed for a ‘policy led’ recession later—it’s the unavoidable ‘boom-bust cycle’

The easy money policies of the Federal Reserve have created a "boom-bust cycle" that will ultimately end in a recession, according to the investment bank.

Fortune

US debt decision lifts markets, but job numbers remain key

Wage growth and tight labour markets in the US are making it increasingly likely the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in June, some experts say. And at least one local economist is taking our Reserve Bank's statement it is putting rates rises on hold with a pinch of salt.

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Larry Summers says that the Fed should consider doubling down on interest rates in July if it pauses in June because the risk of 'overheating the economy'

Suggestion comes as other economists push for an end to increases.

Fortune

Worst mortgage stress since GFC as Reserve Bank board ponders rates hike

Another 30,000 Australians could be thrown into risk of mortgage stress if the RBA raises interest rates again.

The New Daily

3 Big Changes Since The S&P 500 Was Trading This High

Higher interest rates and more expensive stock valuations combined with the cheapest implied volatility prices in years sets up ideally for a couple option strategies in SPY.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Britain is the sick man of the West on inflation and now faces bitter medicine

First, the good news. Inflation is heading lower. US inflation peaked at 8.5 per cent late last year and is now running at around five per cent. Eurozone inflation peaked at 10.6 per cent and is now down to 6.1 per cent. UK inflation peaked at more than 11 per…

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What is behind a rise in evictions and what does it means for the rental sector?

No-fault evictions are on the increase even as the Government prepares to ban the practice.

The Conversation

Don't blame Australia's lowest-paid workers if interest rates rise again

The odds have been shortening on the Reserve Bank of Australia lifting interest again, and Australia’s workers are again being blamed for driving inflation.

Bangkok Post

Interest rates forecast to continue rising

Research houses expect the Bank of Thailand to raise its policy rate one or two additional times this year because of an upside risk to inflation as the economy recovers.

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Investors cheer end of US debt drama

RECAP: Asian stocks advanced on Friday, buoyed by the passage of an agreement that averts a US debt default. Hopes that the US Federal Reserve will decide against lifting interest rates this month also lifted sentiment.

Al Jazeera

Can market veteran Simsek pull Turkey’s economy back from brink?

New finance minister is widely respected by foreign investors and known for his orthodox economic approach.

The New Daily

‘Razor’s edge’: Duelling futures for mortgage bills as RBA mulls June interest rates hike

The RBA will decide this week whether to raise mortgage bills for millions of Australian families again, or deliver a June reprieve and pause interest

The Guardian - UK

UK property market lacks spring bounce but a crash is unlikely

It’s reasonable to expect a fall in nominal house prices of at least 10%. That’s a chunky fall – and a welcome one

ABC News

Queensland property prices tumbled after boom but now every region is rising again

The real estate rollercoaster continues as research shows house prices have been rising again throughout Queensland over the past three months.

The Guardian - UK

Ever higher interest rates won’t solve the problem of greedflation

Central banks seem blind to one of the real causes of inflation: profiteering under cover of Covid and the Ukraine war

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Amazingly, the U.S. job market continues to roar. Here are the 5 things to know

Employers added a whopping 339,000 jobs last month, a stunningly strong number. Here are some of the key takeaways of the country's red hot labor market.

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