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RBA maintains 'open mind' on digital money

Australians value hard cash and have easy access to it, but digital money could be a back-up during cyber events and when extreme weather hits banking systems.

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The RBA has raised interest rates again. What does this mean for the economy in 2023?

Economists respond to the decision by the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates by 25 basis points to the highest level since the end of 2012

The Guardian - AU

RBA remains defiantly out of touch as shareholders enjoy a bonanza

Wouldn’t it be nice if the Reserve Bank stopped worrying about a wage-price spiral and focused instead on profit-greedy firms.

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Chinese ambassador hails ‘very successful’ meeting – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Michael Pascoe: RBA on the precipice of its second big mistake

The RBA needs to chill to find out what it has actually done, Michael Pascoe writes.

The New Daily

All eyes on Christmas as Reserve Bank mulls even higher interest rates in 2023

RBA Governor Philip Lowe unveiled an eighth interest rates hike at the bank's final meeting of 2022 on Tuesday.

The New Daily

This latest increase in RBA interest rates might well be the last, for some time

You might not know it from reading Tuesday’s statement announcing Australia’s eighth consecutive increase in interest rates, but our Reserve Bank might finally have done enough.

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‘Harsh and heavy’: Rates hiked again as RBA ends 2022 with eighth straight squeeze

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

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

Reserve Bank raises interest rates for eighth straight month

The Reserve Bank of Australia lifts interest rates by 0.25 of a percentage point, taking the cash rate target to 3.1 per cent.

ABC News

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.

ABC News

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.

ABC News

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.

AAP

New Zealand announces inquiry into Covid-19 response

While strict Covid-19 response was broadly considered one of the most successful in the world, PM says inquiry will help prepare for next pandemic

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Household living cost crisis not over yet

The inflationary crisis piling pressure on Australian households still has some heat left in it, with a key economic marker picking up speed.

AAP

All eyes on last cash rate call for 2022

The Reserve Bank board will meet for its December cash rate decision next week and Australia's economic growth for the third quarter will be revealed.

Newcastle Herald

Reserve Bank's stance on household pressure is all about interpretation

Do the stats tell the whole story?

AAP

Workplace law changes all but locked in

The raging debate over industrial relations changes is coming to a head after the controversial changes passed the Senate.

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Reserve Bank just landed final blow to Labour's election hopes

Labour is not responsible for the global economic crisis, the Ukraine war or the Reserve Bank’s record rate rise but is set to suffer electorally the way it did after the oil shock in 1974.

The Guardian - AU

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 New Daily

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

Newsroom.co.nz

Post-Covid inflation adds a new twist to the famous Phillips Curve

A 'wet weekend's work' by NZ's most brilliant economist is being embraced by the world's central banks to help chart a course out of pandemic.

Newsroom.co.nz

‘Parents have never done it so hard’

Almost two-thirds of parents say the rising cost of living is affecting their ability to raise their kids, with spending on gifts and expensive activities first on the chopping block.

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Workers who missed speeding inflation train suffer wide wage gap

Those who've changed jobs or taken a promotion are keeping up with inflation, but those who stayed in the same roles are falling far behind, says Reserve Bank chief economist Paul Conway.

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