The Latest Breaking News from Michele Bullock

Philip Lowe will leave his post as head of the Reserve Bank, with Michele Bullock the first woman picked to lead Australia's central bank.

Studies using traditional statistical methods have long indicated a link between unemployment and suicide. But until now it has been unclear if this relationship is causal. That is, even though the suicide rate is higher among the unemployed, can we definitely say unemployment directly leads to suicide?

From Canberra insiders to an outsider described as ‘borderline brilliant’, here are the runners and riders for the Reserve Bank’s top job

The Reserve Bank deputy governor’s assessment that unemployment was ‘too low’ to tame inflation drew anger from unions. But was it correct?

Deputy governor Michele Bullock told a Newcastle industry lunch that unemployment would rise to help control inflation.

You can rely on the Reserve Bank to miss or downplay a major factor or two when it strays into what’s actually happening in Australia.

Australia facing a multi-year per capita recession and even a quarter of negative economic growth in early 2024 with higher interest rates.

Australia has managed to engineer full employment but the extreme competition for workers risks keeping inflation higher for longer.

Reserve Bank officials say record high rates of refinancing are keeping average home loan rates relatively low.

Inflation is more than double the headline wages growth – wages are lagging, not leading, Michael Pascoe writes.

A Reserve Bank senior official has fielded questions about Labor's budget, its undershot inflation forecasts and its 2024 forecast for interest rate rises.