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ASX closes higher as Reserve Bank lifts cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.6 per cent; InvoCare surges on takeover bid — as it happened

The Reserve Bank of Australia lifts the cash rate to 3.6 per cent, and the local share market closes higher. Look back on the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News markets blog.

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The Reserve Bank is tipped to raise interest rates again, even as some families struggle to meet higher home loan repayments

Australia's major banks expect the Reserve Bank will lift the cash rate to its highest level since May 2012 later today, but thousands of families like Le Tran's are already having to make sacrifices to make ends meet.

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Australia returns trade surplus of $11.6 billion

Australia has reported another trade surplus ahead of the RBA's March cash rate decision, which is broadly expected to result in another hike.

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Mortgage holders brace for another interest rate blow

The Reserve Bank is expected to raise interest rates again, turning up the heat on already stretched household finances.

The New Daily

Pressure on Labor over tax cuts, amid broad support for super hikes

Pressure is mounting on the federal government over tax cuts, amid support for super changes and ahead of another interest rate rise.

The New Daily

Mortgage holders brace for more interest rate pain

The Reserve Bank is expected to hike interest rates again this week and turn up the heat on already stretched household finances.

AAP

‘Incredibly difficult’: RBA prepares 10th straight rate hike, despite slowing economy

Struggling home owners face more bad news this week as the Reserve Bank prepares yet another hike in interest rates.

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Reserve Bank's cash rate decision to dominate agenda

The Reserve Bank of Australia's March cash rate decision and a speech from the governor Philip Lowe will be the highlights of this week's economic news.

AAP

Why are Australian households struggling as corporate profits soar?

Everyday Australian’s are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living with soaring inflation hurting households’ hip pockets.

The New Daily

Australia's economy grows 0.5 per cent in Dec quarter

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show the domestic economy expanded by 0.5 per cent in the fourth quarter, which was softer than expected.

AAP

E-commerce dropping away 'markedly'

Online shopping on the chopping block as households cut discretionary spend.

Newsroom.co.nz

Why a temporary flood levy on higher earners would be the fairest way to help pay for Cyclone Gabrielle

Cyclone Gabrielle’s trail of misery and destruction presents a major fiscal and political dilemma for the government: how should the country pay for the recovery? Does it borrow now and spread repayment over generations, or raise taxes in an election year?

The Conversation

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.

ABC News

Reserve Bank would back a Commerce Commission probe into bank profits

Some retirees could face a cold and hungry winter, as costs rise and banks slow-pedal their term deposit interest rates. It's allowing the big banks to maintain high margins and send record dividends back to their Australian owners. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Profits again outstrip wages amid accusations 'corporate Australia is driving inflation'

While workers' pay packets are growing at the fastest pace in a decade, profits are still rising even faster, according to official data.

AAP

Business profits rebound in December quarter

Australian company profits have bounced back after dropping off steeply last quarter, with business inventories returning a softer-than-expected result.

The Guardian - AU

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

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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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Uni students are lining up for free food and struggling to pay rent

Students are lining up for free food — but it's no sausage sizzle. They're queuing for basic groceries they can't afford.

Newsroom.co.nz

'Please don't profiteer': Rising prices worry builders in cyclone aftermath

Some construction suppliers are 'jumping on the gravy train' – and builders say they won't forget. Jonathan Milne reports.

The Times of India

Global uncertainty complicates fight against inflation: MPC minutes

MUMBAI: The continuing global uncertainty has complicated the fight against inflation, opined Reserve Bank deputy governor Michael Debabrata Patra during the Monetary Policy Committee meeting held on February 8.

AAP

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.

The Guardian - AU

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 Conversation

See when Australia's biggest banks stopped paying proper interest on your savings – and what you can do about it

Whenever interest rates went up in the past, I used to get told it wasn’t all bad news. At least it was good for some people: savers – people with money in the bank.

ABC News

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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