The Reserve Bank, under Governor Philip Lowe, this week kept the cash rate at 1.5%.
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It is a puzzle as to why businesses are reasonably confident but not willing to invest.
Consumers are faced with more economic uncertainty than the bottoming out of interest rates would otherwise suggest.
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If the stars align, consumers will benefit from increased economic activity in the short term. And if they don’t, then the economic recovery will have consumers saving more in uncertain times.
With investor lending taking off again, the regulator could impose tighter constraints on bank lending.
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Investor loans are on the increase again, causing pause for the regulators.
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Home owners and first time buyers are right to be confused, so how should you play expected changes to a low rates environment?
We could soon head into another volatile period.
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Brexit and Trump pave the way for more financial market uncertainty.
US Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s term expires in early 2018. Who will replace her?
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My Christmas fiscal wish is that in 2017 both sides of politics treat the Australian public like adults.
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison will deliver the Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook next week.
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The US Fed meets expectations for a rate cut, Australia’s unemployment rate heads upwards again, and all eyes look to the mid year budget update.
Up from here?
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Many observers argue the Fed’s wrong to raise rates so soon. Here’s why they’re wrong.
Australian business confidence is falling, amid concerning signs from other economic indicators.
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Australia’s economic indicators are showing worrying signs, with business confidence falling in the face of continued low interest rates.
The Fed’s low-interest rate garden.
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Ultra-low interest rates have made low-carbon projects like windmill farms more attractive than coal power plants. That will begin to change as the central bank lifts rates, hurting the green economy.
Not enough cranes?
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Construction slumps to its lowest level since 2010, and the US Fed remains divided on its next interest rate hike.
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The US election confirmed the death of an extraordinary economic era. Now, control of the next must be wrested from the emboldened nationalists.
Reading between the lines of RBA Governor Philip Lowe’s latest comments it’s clear he has confidence in Australia’s banks.
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The Australian economy continues to show some positive signs, but there are pockets of weakness and cause for concern every month.
Staying put: Mark Carney.
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The central bank’s governor is locked into a white-hot political spat, but what can he actually do in the next two and a half years?
There could be less reasons to celebrate this Melbourne Cup day.
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Inflation has been stubbornly low in Australia, and the RBA remains concerned about a high Australian dollar.
Home owners will bear the brunt of the new lending restrictions from APRA when it’s lenders who should be penalised.
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APRA has updated its guidance to lenders on concerns about the risks to financial stability from the housing market, but it should be focusing more on the banks, not hurting those with a mortgage.
Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison says interest rate cuts are a ‘matter for the RBA,’ but he doesn’t want them to fall any lower.
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While Australia faces its greatest economic challenges in a generation, we are still waiting for the greatest economic reformers in a generation to arrive.
The World Economic Outlook from the IMF released this week downgraded growth for many countries.
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Interest rates remain unchanged in Australia this week, reflecting an economic holding pattern around the world, as the US presidential election carries on.
Commonwealth Bank chief Ian Narev was the first to appear before a parliamentary committee inquiring into the practices of the big four banks.
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When the cash rate increases, lending rates shoot up like rockets, but when the opposite occurs they go down like feathers.
Persistent low growth shows fiscal and monetary policy aren’t working.
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In the battle against slow economic growth, perhaps the government and Reserve Bank should try doing nothing and let the economy restore itself.