The RBA leaves rates on hold, Australia gets a GDP growth spurt from pre-election spending, and the IMF lays the groundwork for a lowering of global growth expectations.
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If the RBA includes commercial credit cards in new caps on interchange fees, small to medium enterprises might not be able to use them as a source of finance.
Glenn Stevens’ legacy shows how to maintain the independence of the Reserve Bank in crisis as well as the limits of monetary policy.
The US economy is improving off the back of jobs figures while in Australia, the government is being warned by the Reserve Bank to step up its game.
Economists are divided on whether the latest interest rate cut to 1.5% was needed, as the RBA tries to boost inflation and growth.
All economic data is pointing to disappointing global growth.
It’s not as easy as increasing quantitative easing when it comes to what central banks can do to address the current global uncertainty.
The RBA has revised regulations on how much merchants can charge for using a credit or debit card which might make the practise more common.
Serious problems may loom. And not just from a possible vote from the Brits to leave the European Union.
Incoming Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe will face the challenges of rapid credit and asset prices growth.
Worse than expected business investment in both manufacturing and mining provides another nod towards secular stagnation.
With all the weight of evidence stacked against the banks in the case of BBSW benchmark, surely now is the time for the government to enforce regulation.
Fears of deflation have prompted the Reserve Bank of Australia to act on the eve of the federal budget.
RBA Governor Glenn Stevens isn’t buying the secular stagnation theory, lending weight to the deficit hawks.
Expect the higher dollar to put strong downward pressure on already low interest rates.
Both the US and Australia face a global economy that is in deep, deep trouble.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has created a new index for uncertainty in the Australian economy based on news, financial indicators and economic variables.
Low inflation gives the RBA scope to cut rates in coming months but a lot will turn on whether we continue to see persistently weak GDP growth.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to leave the official cash rate unchanged at a record low of 2%, but said there was scope for a rate cut down the line.
Gloomy portents for the Australian economy suggest interest rates should continue where they are, say the economists shadowing the Reserve Bank.
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