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RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank raises official cash rate to 3.1%, the eighth increase in as many months

More pain for borrowers with interest rates to rise again after central bank lifts cash rate 25 basis points to the highest level since the end of 2012

The Guardian - AU

Interest rates rise to decade high as RBA delivers Christmas pain

The Reserve Bank has raised interest rates for the eighth month in a row, lifting its target by 0.25 percentage points.

The New Daily

Interest rate updates: ANZ, NAB and Westpac pass on Reserve Bank's eighth consecutive rate rise — as it happened

Several of Australia's major banks have increased interest rates following a decision from the Reserve Bank to lift the cash rate for the eighth consecutive time.

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The Loop: Ukraine claims drones hit Russian bases, and Lady Gaga's dogwalker shooter takes 21-year plea — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

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RBA hikes rates in fight to tame inflation

The Reserve Bank has increased interest rates by another 25 basis points, locking in more mortgage pain for Australians over summer.

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RBA tipped to lift cash rate again at board meeting as mortgage cliff looms

Economists widely predict 25 basis point rise but some say central bank may consider pausing rates after seven straight hikes

The Guardian - AU

Alan Kohler: In a warming world, inflation targets need to rise

Will the RBA really bring about recession and an even greater housing crash than we’ve had already to get inflation under three per cent?

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Former treasurer Peter Costello criticises both Labor and Coalition over their economic management

The former Liberal treasurer has some harsh words for governments past and present.

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Credit card loyalty is costing Australians

Australians who don't shop around for new credit cards are leaving money on the table, according to a leading consumer research group.

AAP

Here’s how Australian house and unit prices are looking in each capital city

The latest figures on Australia's house and unit prices are out. Here's what's happening in your capital city.

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Inflation may now have peaked. The RBA must tread carefully

The next worry for Philip Lowe is he’ll have to apologise for raising interest rates longer than needed

The Guardian - AU

Dip in Australia’s inflation rate in October raises hopes price rises may have peaked

Headline CPI rate eases from 7.3% to 6.9%, lower than economists’ expectations, but fuel prices still rose as full excise rate returned

The Guardian - AU

Banks stronger now than in GFC: RBA

A senior RBA official says the financial system would have been in strife during the COVID-19 pandemic if it were still as fragile as in 2007.

AAP

Michael Pascoe: The Pope’s a Catholic and forecasting is a mug’s game

The RBA had done all that could be done with monetary policy to fight the possibility of recession/depression from a global pandemic

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Will house prices go up in 2023? The answer largely depends on interest rates

Australian house prices are forecast to rise in several states if economic conditions are favourable, according to a new report from SQM Research.

The Guardian - AU

Philip Lowe is the easy fall guy for our economic woes. But maybe we should have listened to him more closely

Reserve Bank governor has been criticised for saying interest rates might not rise until 2024. But that message came with caveats some did not hear

The New Daily

Rents, energy driving inflation: RBA chief apologises to mortgage-holders

Amidst Australia's inflation crisis, the head of the RBA is urging action to boost power and housing supply.

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RBA Governor Philip Lowe apologises to Australians struggling with mortgages

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has apologised to Australians for giving them unclear guidance that led to hundreds of thousands taking out big mortgages in the expectation that interest rates would stay low until 2024.

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Newcastle Herald

RBA governor 'sorry if people listened' to interest rate advice

"I'm certainly sorry if people listened to what we said and they acted on what we had said and now regret what they had done. So that's regrettable. I'm sorry that happened."

AAP

Rents, energy driving inflation: RBA chief

The head of the Reserve Bank Philip Lowe has thrown his support behind measures to boost energy and housing supply to cool inflation.

The Canberra Times

RBA governor 'sorry people listened' to interest rate advice

Greens senator Nick McKim accused the governor of "inducing many Australians to take out mortgages in the belief that interest rates wouldn't rise until 2024".

The Guardian - AU

Conflict of interest: have low cash rates created the ‘everything bubble’?

In new book The Price of Time, economist Edward Chancellor explores the role central banks have played in the snowballing challenges of the past quarter century

The Guardian - AU

Reserve Bank review to consider changing inflation target and board selection

With the RBA challenged by the pandemic, surging inflation and calls for reform, one expert says its recent report card has been ‘mixed’

AAP

Review panel pledges to revitalise RBA

An independent panel set up to examine the Reserve Bank of Australia says it will make recommendations to "revitalise" the central bank.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Labor stings RBA governor on wages remark; Friendlyjordies’ home ‘firebombed’; and the world’s oldest meal

RBA governor Philip Lowe says it is ‘best [to] avoid’ pushing wages up even as workers suffer real wage cut due to inflation

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