The two central banks were due to raise rates aggressively, but then came the banking crisis.
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The banking crisis has been caused by the interest rate rises, and further hikes were supposed to be a no no.
Childcare, pensions and support for energy bills are among the main budget plans for the UK government.
The latest consumer prices report shows cost of living is still rising far above the Fed’s target. But don’t expect monetary policymakers to aggressively hike rates.
There are at least five errors that marred the currency redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, most of which could have been avoided.
The collapse of a US bank is the latest crisis for central banks to deal with. But rather than being saviours of the global economy, what if they are actually a big part of the problem?
Central banks have been signalling that rate rises are going to get more aggressive again, but can the economy actually take it?
A drop in food prices might immediately address the lack of economic access to food but will not address the root causes of food insecurity.
Since the pandemic Australian workers’ share of national income and purchasing power has fallen at an unprecedented rate. New policies are needed.
Concerns about the credibility of pay review bodies could boost collective bargaining on worker pay.
What a new president needs to know as he takes the reins of a deeply divided and disillusioned country.
Australia faces an unpredictable global outlook, rising interest rates and wages not keeping up with the cost of living.
What will happen to the euro zone’s rising prices in 2023? Here’s an overview of the factors which might influence inflation’s acceleration or deceleration.
Galen Weston’s brand as a spokesperson might be friendly and affable, but his organization’s pricing strategies are anything but.
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe is unrepentant about the prospect of further interest-rate rises. In fact, he says there’s a risk the bank is not doing enough.
A slowdown in price rises, combined with the shift to less aggressive rate hikes, is good news for the minister’s budget initiatives on growth.
The Reserve Bank of Australia tips economic growth to slow, inflation to remain high, spending to stagnate, unemployment to increase and real wages to fall further.
In this podcast, Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda Dunn discuss the RBA rate rise, Lidia Thorpe's defection to the crossbench and the ongoing Voice debate
The Conversation’s 29-member panel expects very weak economic growth and recessions in much of the rest of the world, but there’s good news down the track for Australians’ buying power.
Chalmers has bought himself a doozy of a conversation, with his essay advocating we embrace “values-based capitalism”
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