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Dallas Fed appoints first female president to succeed Rob Kaplan

Federal Reserve Bank of New York executive Lorie Logan will become the 13th president of the Dallas Fed and its first female chief following a seven-month search.

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Clive Palmer's United Australia Party is promising to cap mortgage interest rates. Can it be done?

With the cost of living surging and interest rates rising for the first time in more than a decade, a cap on mortgage repayments would come as welcome relief for millions of borrowers. But can it be done and who would end up paying for it?

ABC News

Markets turmoil and interest rate rises: the economic challenges facing Australia after the election

Soaring energy costs, stagflation fears and calls for higher wages are just some of the bumps in the road awaiting a new or returned government

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Scott Morrison says Anthony Albanese's 5.1 per cent pay rise intervention would send interest rates spiralling

The Prime Minister says Anthony Albanese's push for wages to keep pace with inflation is "reckless", but Labor says the alternative is for people's pay to go backwards.

ABC News

Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast property prices cool but CoreLogic's Tim Lawless says not to worry

The most expensive real estate market in regional Australia is officially cooling, but that doesn't mean it's any more affordable.

ABC News

Stand by for the oddly designed Stage 3 tax cut that will send middle earners backwards and give high earners thousands

The Reserve Bank is pushing up interest rates to take money out of our hands.

The Conversation

How inflation gives you a hidden tax hike – and Govt pockets the proceeds

A suspicious person might worry the Government would not be too vigilant about the Reserve Bank reining in inflation, if it's earning lots of tax dollars. But there's a saner way to set tax.

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Low growth, low wages and high prices: Australia is set to become a very unhappy place

Government spending is running against the grain of the RBA’s attempts to curb inflation. It’s like a dog chasing its tail — eventually the dog is going to collapse.

Crikey

Up for debate

Good morning, early birds. Last night’s heated debate between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese ended in a 50-50 tie, and the latest Newspoll suggests if we went to the polls right now Labor would win and a hung Parliament would be very unlikely. It’s the news you ned to know,…

Crikey

With high prices and soaring rents, what are political parties promising to do about housing?

In an election campaign largely centred around the cost of living, the spiralling cost of the single-biggest expense for most households — housing — is a key focus for policy. Here's what's being promised.

ABC News

Adelaide property prices push through ceiling, but house hunters optimistic after rate rise

On the first Saturday of house hunting since the RBA raised interest rates, prospective buyers in SA are keeping their fingers crossed for relief in the coming months, with the median Adelaide house price hitting $650,000 in the March quarter.

ABC News

‘I am who I am’: Anthony Albanese rushes towards his date with destiny

Can the Labor leader persuade Australians that his passion and emotional investment are the qualities they need in a PM?

The Guardian - AU

This reckless spending must stop — but it won’t. Not after 2019

Inflation is being exacerbated by reckless federal spending. But Labor doesn’t dare call for an end to it.

Crikey

Australia is investigating a digital currency, or e-dollar, but its benefits seem slight and the risks to privacy large

We are used to thinking of money as notes and coins, the kind most of us hold in our wallets. But most money – in Australia it’s 96.3% – is digital, held by financial institutions and moved around via bank transfers, debit cards and credit cards.

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Troubled Firefighters' Credit Union sparks concern about small finance institutions

As the Reserve Bank expresses concern about the scale and profitability of small finance businesses, firefighters will vote today on the future of their credit union.

Crikey

Smells like team spirit

Good morning, early birds. Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party is reportedly running at least a dozen ‘ghost’ candidates, and a report has found that mining towns are ready to adapt and plan for an energy transition. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

The Conversation

The Coalition is guaranteeing essential services and lower tax. We can't have both

In the midst of Labor’s campaign about the cost of living, the Coalition has zeroed in on one of those costs – taxes – and guaranteed to stop them rising. Its Lower Tax Guarantee promises:

Crikey

Public sector play key role in wage rises

Labor’s promise to grow wages would need to start with the public sector as the Reserve Bank flags a necessary shift in policy.

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Scott ‘making shit up as I go along’ Morrison confused over governments versus experts

The PM’s warning of ‘public autocracy’ is the plea of a man who can’t be trusted to be left alone to abuse power and resources.

Crikey

Sorry, Scott and Josh, but you do own a chunk of this rate rise

Inflation has been exacerbated by a budget that is pumping tens of billions of deficit spending into a low-unemployment economy.

ABC News

ANZ half-year profit jumps; ASX loses ground after Wall Street makes modest gains

As the big four banks lift interest rates following the Reserve Bank's move, ANZ posts a rise in half year profit, the ASX loses early gains and investors await an expected rate increase from the US Federal Reserve.

Newcastle Herald

As it happened: Andrew Barr gets a shoutout from Treasurer

The Reserve Bank decision to lift the cash rate on Tuesday has forced the Coalition to defend its handling of the economy.

ABC News

Higher interest rates and mortgage repayments will be 'the new normal' for home owners in 2022, analyst says

The Reserve Bank's 25-basis point increase is just the first of many on the horizon, and Queensland homeowners need to brace for higher home loan repayments over the next 18 months, a leading property analyst says.

AAP

Retirees need 'a fair go' from banks: PM

The prime minister wants retirees and deposit holders to be treated fairly by banks as Labor pressures him to take responsibility for the cost of living crisis

Crikey

Help for pensioners following rate rise

The Morrison government will freeze the deeming rate for social security recipients following the first rise in official interest rates in almost 12 years.

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