Posts tagged "affect of inflation"

The series of interest rate rises were aimed at taking the heat out of inflation and slowing the economy.

What if the Reserve Bank achieves something truly remarkable – a steady decline in inflation without further interest rate increases, and without bringing on a recession?

Data shows the end of inflation will be slower and more fitful than hoped, and the price of fighting it will be higher.

Inflation is likely to keep easing as both the “headline” and “trimmed mean” measures are heading in the right direction.

Those few people who duck into their newsagents and buy a copy of the AFR may have noticed the paper now costs $5, up from $4.50 in 2022, which had been increased after a long period of costing $4.

Who suffers in a time of inflation? Does business eat some pain or pass it on to consumers?