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ASX recovers, Australian dollar sinks as RBA lifts cash rate to six-year high

Australian shares have staged a solid recovery in the final trading hour, after the Reserve Bank lifted its cash rate target by 0.5 percentage points, in a widely-expected decision.

ABC News

Call for 'emergency action' on childcare staff shortages, 'significant Al Qaeda target' hit and RBA to raise rates again — as it happened

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Barr has eyes on inflation ahead of 11th ACT budget

Mr Barr said he was optimistic about the ACT's labour market and the territory's overall capacity to weather tough global economic conditions.

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Interest rate rises will see property prices fall further as maximum home loan sizes shrink

The Reserve Bank is expected to raise the cash rate again today. It comes as banks pass on interest rate rises and cut back how much they'll loan to wannabe home owners.

ABC News

Likely rate rise will be difficult: PM

The Reserve Bank board is expected to lift the cash rate for the fourth month in a row when it meets on Tuesday, with economists tipping a 50 basis point rise.

AAP

Australian property prices tumble at rates not seen since GFC

Interest rate rises lead to dwelling values falling for third month in a row with Sydney prices down 5.2% since January

The Guardian - AU

The Chalmers graphs: 7.75% inflation, plunging real wages, weak growth

As he had promised to do almost since the day he became treasurer, Jim Chalmers has presented a gloomy set of forecasts for the Australian economy in his first formal economic statement to the new parliament on Thursday.

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APRA warned Albanese government about 'heightened' housing risks as interest rates rise

The banking regulator warned the incoming Albanese government that it would face "heightened" risks in the housing market as interest rates rise, documents released under freedom of information show.

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Chalmers' challenge: why the treasurer's words on the economy carry so much weight

When Bill Clinton’s campaign manager, James Carville, scrawled, “the economy, stupid” on a sign in 1992, he merely wanted the campaign volunteers to stick to their presidential candidate’s talking points.

The Conversation

Alan Kohler: The Reserve Bank is a renovator’s delight

The most controversial task of the panel reviewing the Reserve Bank will be to decide whether Governor Philip Lowe committed a sackable offence.

The New Daily

The RBA is increasing interest rates to counter inflation – but it will also slow wages growth

Combined with major price increases on essential items, the RBA’s policies will deliver a brutal whack to lower-income households

The Guardian - AU

Inflation hasn't been higher for 32 years. What now?

Inflation jumped from 5.1% to a new long-term high of 6.1% in the June quarter, a rate matched only by short-lived jump caused by the introduction of the goods and services tax, and not exceeded since 1990.

The Conversation

Inflation hits 21-year high of 6.1 per cent

Inflation 55.5 per cent over the June quarter as higher petrol and grocery bills continue to squeeze households, new official data reveals.

The New Daily

What is inflation? Why is the CPI so high? And how is the RBA planning to bring it back down?

Inflation is the highest it has been in decades, and is set to rise further. But how is it measured, what is behind the price rises and how will the Reserve Bank get it back under control?

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The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: Reserve Bank review fails at the starting gate

What has been announced is rather like believing a review of the army uniform is overdue, but only reviewing left boots, writes Michael Pascoe.

Newcastle Herald

From Reserve Bank encouraging wage increases to keeping a lid on a feared inflationary spiral

Rising inflation will test the industrial relations system

The Canberra Times

RBA probe seeks transparency reforms

A review in the RBA will seek to look at the board governance and current policy settings.

Newsroom.co.nz

Golden chance for NZ exports as West 'friend-shores' its supply chain

The US is leading calls to trade first with countries it knows and trusts. NZ must grasp opportunities to be part of such international supply chain resilience initiatives.

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The Reserve Bank will face a major review. Here’s what that means

Australia’s inflation target and why the Reserve Bank has failed to achieve it will be probed in the biggest review of the central bank in decades.

AAP

Chalmers looks for confidence in RBA

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has flagged changes to the RBA's board with a new review by an independent panel for the first time since the 1980s.

The Conversation

International expert to review Reserve Bank as deputy governor says households in 'fairly good position' on rate rises

An international expert on monetary policy, Carolyn Wilkins, is one of a three-member panel that will conduct a broad review of the Reserve Bank, including its objectives and the interaction of monetary and fiscal policy.

The New Daily

How rising interest rates could work for you with term deposits and savings

With the RBA and other central banks winding up cash rates, term deposit rates and even interest rates on savings accounts have started to rise.

AAP

Rates put first home buyers at risk: RBA

Reserve Bank deputy governor Michele Bullock has told a Brisbane audience recent first home buyers are most at risk of default in the face of rising rates.

Newsroom.co.nz

Extra half billion dollars in fuel cuts could have gone to critical health shortages

Unspent Covid funds that could have brought critical medical staff into the country will instead provide a continued discount for the use of the roads, and have no real impact on inflation.

AAP

ANZ predicts cash rate above 3 pct in 2022

ANZ is forecasting the cash rate will hit 3.35 per cent for November, a prediction that's the most hawkish of the big four banks.

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