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Australian economy slows as families suffer

Australia’s economy continued to slow over the final three months of 2022 as households tightened their belts, new official data has revealed.

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Court throws out ‘inappropriate’ bail conditions on student arrested after Sydney protest at Reserve Bank

Magistrate says she ‘didn’t understand’ why police imposed bail on woman, 23, who was charged with trespass after protest last month

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'Recession risks are rising' but the latest GDP numbers are expected to show 'solid' growth

The latest economic growth figures are expected to show a robust economy. But the outlook for 2023 is far less rosy, warn many analysts.

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‘Million-dollar question’: All eyes on consumer wallets as experts predict robust growth figures

Fears of a recession in early-2023 are set to be eased on Wednesday as experts prepare for robust economic growth.

The New Daily

Will the Reserve Bank review achieve anything? What difference could it make to interest rates?

A government-ordered review of the Reserve Bank — the first in more than a generation — is expected to ask searching questions of our key financial institution. The leadership of the central bank, the composition of its board, missed targets and broken promises are all elements under examination.

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Australia’s big banks are passing on all the interest rates hikes – but not the cuts

While the banks have been quick to pass on RBA’s every cash rate increase, they have not matched all the decreases since June 2019

The Guardian - AU

Profits have driven inflation while wages lag behind, argue economists

Increasing profits going to corporate Australia account for more than two-thirds of the nation's inflation problem, according to new research from the Australia Institute.

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Corporate profits fuelling inflation, research finds

New analysis challenges the narrative that workers need to accept sluggish wage growth to tame inflation and says business profits are driving higher prices.

AAP

‘An economic fairytale’: Australia’s inflation being driven by company profits and not wages, analysis finds

Australia Institute warns of a ‘profit price spiral’ and calls for shift in RBA and government narrative towards corporations

The Guardian - AU

Forget the spin. Cost of living and interest rates may stay high for some time to come

The RBA tells us the pain is only temporary and for the best, but it could be here for a while. Here’s why

The Guardian - AU

Australians experienced their largest real wage decline on record in 2022

Wages growth again misses Reserve Bank and economist forecasts, as workers experience their biggest decline in real purchasing power on record.

ABC News

Wages up 3.3 per cent as competition drives pay packets

Wages have grown by 3.3 per cent, with weaker-than-expected reading likely to dampen concerns of a wages breakout keeping inflation sticky.

AAP

NSW police criticised for ‘outrageous’ midnight arrest of student who protested at RBA

Cherish Kuehlmann woken up by officers who ‘barged into the house’ and took her to a police station, where she was charged with a trespass offence

The Guardian - AU

Australia to flirt with recession this year, warns NAB

Economists are warning Australia is at a heightened risk of recession in 2023 as the Reserve Bank keeps aggressively raising interest rates, with a per capita recession looking likely.

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Morning Mail: Biden’s surprise Ukraine visit, rates take shine off Labor, ‘gobblefunk’ row

US president promises more weapons for Kyiv; Guardian Essential poll shows voters think RBA is wrong on rates but also blame Albanese; another earthquake in Turkey

AAP

New insight into the logic behind February rate rise

The Reserve Bank's board minutes will be scoured for fresh insights into the central bank's cash rate decisions and how many more hikes are to come.

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: most think RBA rate hikes an overreaction as shine comes off Albanese

Majority believe government at least partially to blame for rises but don’t assume Coalition would manage them better

The Guardian - AU

Reserve Bank offered treasurer the choice to have King Charles on Australia’s $5 banknote

RBA releases documents under FOI after Jim Chalmers said decision to feature Indigenous culture instead of monarch was bank’s

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Alan Kohler: RBA defence of interest-rate mallet highlights the truth about inequality

The first thing is that inequality is worsened by the responses to both low inflation and high inflation; it’s a lose/lose.

AAP

Wages, Reserve Bank minutes to take the spotlight

The pace of wage growth will take centre stage, with the Reserve Bank hoping for a moderate reading that doesn't make its inflation challenge harder.

ABC News

Greens leader Adam Bandt flags party is likely to work with government on safeguard mechanism

Adam Bandt says the party is open to negotiating on the government's key climate change policy, but believes voters can see they are fighting to stop new coal and gas projects from being approved.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s housing crisis: how RBA interest rate hikes are pushing families closer to the edge

While some property owners are cashing in on the crisis, many others, such as western Sydney’s Nick Noel, are struggling to explain to their kids why they must tighten the spending belt

The Guardian - AU

A ‘fantastic place to live’, Philip Lowe? Tell that to those struggling under high interest rates

RBA governor says ‘capitalism works’ but maybe just a little bit of slack from his institution is what the country needs

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: the electorates where it’s hardest to find a bulk-billing GP; Brisbane’s new Olympic arena; and Bruce Willis has dementia

New data reveals the extend of Medicare’s woes across the country

The Conversation

The Lowe road – the RBA is treading a 'narrow path' between inflation and recession

It’s a tough time for central bankers the world over, but especially for Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe.

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