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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

ABC News

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.

The New Daily

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?

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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.

The New Daily

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.

AAP

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.

ABC News

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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All options on the table in 2023: RBA

The Reserve Bank of Australia has been careful not to lock itself into a set pathway for cash rate decisions in 2023.

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Insights shed light on rate hike picture

Insights into the Reserve Bank's latest decision to hike rates will likely be scrutinised as economists attempt to gauge the timing of further rises in 2023.

ABC News

Forced home sales set to rise as borrowers struggle with surging interest rates and mortgage repayments

Australian home owners are spending more of their income on mortgage repayments, and the pain is only set to worsen. Experts say some could be forced to sell.

ABC News

Experts reveal their top 100 suburbs tipped to best weather the property downturn

With interest rates rising and property prices falling, it's becoming harder to access housing finance, but analysts say some suburbs still have bright prospects next year.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s unemployment rate remains at 3.4% in November as 64,000 new jobs added

National jobless rate remains at near 50-year low as rebounding economy faces labor shortages from lack of migration

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The New Daily

Alan Kohler: Three broken promises define 2022

Thanks to our unaffordable housing, Philip Lowe might not end up with a recession on his conscious, only the legacy of broken promises.

The New Daily

Give yourself the gift of a higher savings rate this Christmas

Millions of Australian home owners are being squeezed but that also means that the savings rate being offered by banks is going up.

AAP

RBA boss to stay on if reappointed

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe says he has no plans to resign when his term is up next September.

AAP

Government takes aim at high payment fees

The federal government and the central bank want to foster competition in payment technologies to help drive down the cost of transactions.

AAP

Experts want stage three tax cuts revised

More than 100 economists and tax experts have signed an open letter urging Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to reconsider the stage three tax cuts.

The New Daily

Property prices: The best, worst and most affordable suburbs heading into 2023

Australia’s housing market downturn has slowed in the run up to Christmas, but experts are divided about whether property prices will fall.

AAP

Best home auction weekend since late May

The number of homes going under the hammer this weekend is up seven per cent and could prove a test of buyers' appetite for risk after this week's rate rise.

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