The RBA meets tomorrow — amid ongoing lockdowns, here’s what we should expect
Lockdowns and COVID-19 variants will influence the Reserve Bank's monetary policy decision tomorrow — but border closures will too.
RBA hints at greater confidence in economic outlook, continues to place high priority on full employment goal
The RBA has hinted that July will see the start of a normalisation of monetary policy. But there'll still be no interest rate rises for years.
The winners and losers of last night’s federal budget
Here's a look at who got a cash injection last night... and who missed out.
Soaring house prices or cutting down unemployment? What the RBA is choosing to value in the upcoming budget
The RBA is not going to let up on pushing unemployment down and wage growth back up to where it believes it should be, not even for growing concern about climbing home prices.
The contactless paradox: Australians are holding “more cash than ever”
Bizarrely, Australians are amassing more cash than ever — even more so during the pandemic.
RBA chasing “full employment” for the first time since the 1970s
The Reserve Bank of Australia, once famously inflation-focused, has been talking about full employment for a while — with a goal now set for unemployment levels that were last seen in the 1970s.
Banks are awash with funds and we have record low interest rates, so why aren’t SMEs borrowing?
Why aren’t banks lending? Why aren’t small businesses taking advantage of record low rates? And will this change in 2021?
Will the Reserve Bank turn the cash rate negative? And what will happen if it does?
Australia's cash rate has always been positive — at times very positive. But there’s no reason why it couldn’t be negative.
JobKeeper saved 700,000 jobs in early stages of pandemic: RBA
JobKeeper wage subsidies reduced total employment losses by at least 700,000 between April and July, according to a Reserve Bank report.
Big four banks pass on the RBA’s rate cut, slicing interest on business and home loans
All of the big four have passed the RBA’s rate cut on to borrowers, effectively lowering interest rates on some business loans and fixed-term mortgages.
First of the big four: CommBank passes on rate cuts to businesses and homeowners
The first of the big four banks has revealed it will pass on rate cuts and reduce interest on business loans and fixed term mortgages, following the Reserve Bank’s decision to slash the cash rate to a new record low.
From $100 billion on bonds to a near-zero cash rate: How the Reserve Bank intends to kickstart the economy
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has said the cash rate will not increase until “actual inflation” is sustainably within the 2-3% target range.
