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Australian $5 note redesign won't feature King Charles, as Queen Elizabeth portrait removed in update

King Charles won't be replacing the late Queen on the new $5 note, after the Reserve Bank decides to honour First Nations culture instead.

ABC News

Alan Kohler: The RBA is fighting for its purpose … and its life

Let’s have a sort of “upper-level extension” to the RBA in the fight against inflation, writes Alan Kohler.

The New Daily

Households are clearly cutting spending as rates rise. The RBA must heed this warning

The sharp fall in retail trade is more evidence the Reserve Bank should hold off raising interest rates further

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Reserve Bank expecting up to 800,000 fixed home loan contracts will end this year

As charities report increases in workers needing support amid rising living costs, the Reserve Bank is forecasting household pressures will increase as fixed-term home loans end.

ABC News

Property prices sink ‘quite rapidly’ as market awaits interest rates peak

Australian property prices have declined again in January, but the pace of the downturn has continued to ease ahead of a rate peak.

The New Daily

Inflation peak to cause even higher mortgage bills in early 2023, economists say

Australian homeowners are being warned to brace for at least two more interest rate hikes in early 2023 after fresh inflation figures.

The New Daily

With inflation still rising, the RBA will almost certainly lift interest rates in February

Interest rates are almost certain to rise again in February, after the latest Consumer Price Index figures showing inflation hit 7.8% in 2022 – its highest rate in 33 years.

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Inflation data ‘unacceptably high’: Jim Chalmers

Australia's annual inflation rate has risen to a three decade high over the December quarter amid soaring power and grocery bills.

The New Daily

Australia’s annual inflation hits 7.8% driven partly by surging electricity prices

CPI rose by 1.9% in the December quarter driven by surging electricity prices and the cost of holiday travel and accommodation

The Guardian - AU

Inflation soars to three-decade high as power and grocery costs bite

Australia's annual inflation rate has risen to a three decade high over the December quarter amid soaring power and grocery bills.

The New Daily

Property price declines slow but don't stop

The rate of house price declines has slowed, with values slipping by just 0.7 per cent across the combined capital cities in the December quarter.

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Australia’s softening inflation unlikely to spell an end to interest rate hikes

The worst of the current inflationary cycle may be behind us, but the pain is probably not over for many households

The Guardian - AU

Inflation tipped to peak in fresh data

Australians will get a pulse check on the rising costs of living when inflation figures for the December quarter drop.

AAP

Michael Pascoe: Hey RBA, take another month’s holiday. We don’t want another recession

There was plenty in the December meeting board minutes to justify doing nothing on interests rates in February.

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The New Daily

How long will we use human misery to control inflation?

An interest rate increase? On the agenda? Try eight, actually happening. Dr Lowe and his RBA colleagues did get left behind.

ABC News

Why your mortgage interest rate could rise further, even after the RBA stops hiking

Australian banks — which made bumper profits last year — are facing soaring funding costs as they need to repay $188 billion of cheap money borrowed from the Reserve Bank in the coming years, which is bad news for home loan borrowers.

The New Daily

Inflation crossroads: Where cost-of-living crisis, interest rates could go in 2023

It’s been a rollercoaster year for families as a cost of living crisis has combined with steep interest rate hikes to squeeze millions.

The New Daily

The jobs market posted its best year in decades, but wages haven’t kept up

Australia’s jobs market has finished 2022 in a remarkably strong position, but there's a mystery underneath that's hurting most workers.

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What Australia's housing market has been doing over the past year

During 2022, eight successive rate rises to combat high inflation quickly hit the housing market, slowing 2021’s extreme growth and remaining at the centre of the fall in Australia’s home prices. So what's next?

The New Daily

Get the best deal on your mortgage after a year of interest rate hikes

There’s been no shortage of pain for Australian home owners this year as the fastest interest rates hikes in decades hit families.

AAP

RBA must learn from pandemic errors

The Reserve Bank needs to take on board the lessons learnt from its poorly communicated forward guidance, a parliamentary committee has found.

ABC News

Australia's economy recovered in 2022, will it crash in 2023?

Soaring inflation and aggressive central bank hikes were the theme of 2022, but will they continue with gusto in 2023? Here's what the experts think.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Rudd appointed envoy to the US; neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell faces jail time; and last-minute Christmas gift guide

Former PM Kevin Rudd’s appointment to ambassador could become awkward if Trump returns to power

The Guardian - AU

Reserve Bank warns of more interest rate rises and ‘large increases in rents’ amid inflation crisis

RBA’s final meeting minutes reveal concerns about higher spending over summer holidays without Covid restrictions

The Guardian - AU

Union fury over Labor decision to split aged care pay rises – as it happened

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