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Borrowers have been spooked by a scary lift in inflation that has made an interest rate hike on Melbourne Cup Day a near certainty.
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Reserve Bank of Australia lifts benchmark rate to 4.6 percent amid stubborn inflation.
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RBA's Sarah Hunter says a slump in the housing market is hurting the broader economy but rejected claims it was pushing the country into recession.
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The official cash rate has been left at 4.35 per cent as major mortgage lenders warn house prices will fall further than previously thought.
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In a surprising twist in the Australian mortgage market, banks are taking proactive steps to attract new customers by slashing home loan interest rates.
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Confusion seems to reign supreme when it comes to the outlook for local interest rates.
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Australia’s homeowners could be in for a brief reprieve from rising mortgage repayments.
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The federal government’s tax changes will combine with higher interest rates to take steam out of the nation’s housing market, the Reserve Bank has signalled
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Australia could be heading back to the runaway inflation of the 1970s and 1980s if people lose faith in the Reserve Bank, a top central bank official says.
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After a series of 2025 rate cuts and a property price surge, the Reserve Bank has abruptly reversed course, lifting rates less than six months after its last cu…
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Recent expectations of an end-of-year rate cut were extinguished by the RBA on Tuesday but borrowers may want to brace for an uptick in repayments in 2026.
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The inflation beast that the RBA thought it had tamed has reawakened and it spells bad news for homeowners and renters alike.
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