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While core inflation edged up slightly in April, one industry expert believes the modest increase is unlikely to be a cause for alarm for the RBA.
INFLATION
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Interest rates have fallen below 4 per cent for the first time in two years.
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Headline inflation dipped in February. Does this mean you could get another interest rate cut after the Reserve Bank meets next week?
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Borrowers have been handed their first interest rate cut in just over four years, with the RBA slicing 0.25 per cent off the official cash rate.
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Inflation takes a tumble, with an interest rate cut now appearing certain (Australian Property Investor Magazine)
The latest, and eagerly awaited, inflation data has shown a bigger than expected fall and delivered a forceful message to the RBA that is now widely expected to…
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The falling Aussie dollar could dampen the possibility of mortgage relief next month.
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The data reinforces, definitively, the view that the inflation problem of late 2021 through to early 2024 has been beaten.
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The latest wage growth figures should make the Reserve Bank cut rates in December as their absurd worries about a wage-price spiral have been completely blown t…
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Inflation warnings issued by the federal treasurer in the event of an escalation in the Middle East conflict have been dismissed by the opposition as smoke and …
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The Australian Government must stop acting in the interests of US shareholders (Pearls and Irritations)
Why are wage earners and homeowners with mortgages bearing the brunt of high interest payments which certainly constrain spending and damage the retail sector,
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‘The RBA’s decision to maintain its restrictive policy stance in the near-term is appropriate,’ fund says in latest assessment report.
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Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock says the economy could enter a recession if inflation becomes entrenched.
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