Analysis-RBA’s new policy board comes with added unpredictability
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s central bank has a problem communicating that has injected an element of…
Commonwealth Bank exposes ‘critical’ detail needed for August RBA interest rate cut
RBA governor Michele Bullock might have enough data to grant another interest rate cut if quarterly inflation data…
Unemployment rate rises to 4.3pc in June
Australia’s unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent in June, up from 4.1 per cent in May, after…
Another economist warns about intergenerational wealth in Australia
Why are more economists talking about Australia’s intergenerational wealth challenges? Guy Debelle, a former Reserve Bank deputy governor,…
Reserve Bank of Australia plans wholesale CBDC trials on public and private DLTs – Ledger Insights
Project Acacia is an Australian initiative to support the settlement of tokenized transactions using stablecoins, tokenized deposits or…
Australia, NZ dollars start big central bank week on back foot as tariff uncertainty mounts
SYDNEY, July 7 (Reuters) – The Australian and New Zealand dollars started a big central bank week on…
Erratic Donald Trump is dark cloud on horizon for Michele Bullock as RBA considers interest rates
A ray of sunshine? Green shoots? You’d like to think that after weathering years of economic storms, surely…
Global central banks diverge as tariff risks hamper US Fed
By Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) -Big central banks are diverging as White House tariffs threaten to raise U.S.…
Economist urges Labor to follow in footsteps of Curtin and Hawke with ambitious reform
The Albanese government has an opportunity to “change Australia forever” in the next three years, economist Ross Garnaut…
Australia’s banks face critical earnings test amid economic, political crosscurrents
By Roushni Nair (Reuters) – Australia’s biggest banks face a pivotal earnings test next week as they navigate…
Australia home prices set record in April, sales volume slows on tariff risk, Cotality data shows
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s property prices hit a record in April although U.S. tariff risks and election uncertainty led…
Australia’s economy growing at slowest pace in decades, propped up by government spending
Australia’s economy grew by 0.3 per cent in the September quarter, and 0.8 per cent over the year,…