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Vital Signs: three economic facts point to a big-spending federal budget

30 Apr 2021

Inflation, interest rates and booming mining royalties give the Morrison government scope to ignore the deficit daleks.

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Vital Signs: We are on the way back, but there are risks at every turn

05 Feb 2021

Our continued recovery depends on how much we spend and how quickly we get the vaccine.

The problem during lockdown is that not just a few products per expenditure category are missing when calculating the Consumer Price Index – it can be the entire expenditure category itself. Photo: Shutterstock

What happens to inflation when we cannot buy goods during a lockdown?

15 May 2020

When products are unavailable in a lockdown, consumption growth will be overstated and changes in the cost of living will be underestimated.

Why the RBA needs to cut rates tomorrow

06 May 2019

When the Reserve Bank considers the numbers around inflation, it knows it has little choice but to act, says Professor Richard Holden.

Vital Signs: Zero inflation means the Reserve Bank should cut rates as soon as it can

26 Apr 2019

Inflation has barely been within the Governor Philip Lowe's target band his entire time in office. Zero inflation means he should cut now, before the election.

Vital Signs: Another year of steady rates. What's the point of the RBA inflation target?

01 Feb 2019

The Reserve Bank's inflation target seems out of date in a world of ultra low inflation. So why is Governor Lowe persisting with it?

Vital Signs: Why we distrust the consumer price index

09 Nov 2018

Hardly anyone believes that prices are really increasing by only 1.9% per year. The fault lies with us, and also the way the Bureau of Statistics adjusts prices for 'quality'.

Vital Signs: how inflation in China and the US could affect Australia

11 May 2018

Economic issues overseas could be more important for the Australian economy than domestic factors - in the next few months at least.

Vital Signs: Australia’s growth at a geological pace

06 Apr 2018

Low inflation and painful wage growth mean the Reserve Bank has extended its freeze on interest rates for an almost unprecedented 18th straight meeting.

Vital Signs: weak inflation means interest rates aren't rising anytime soon

02 Feb 2018

With 2018 likely to see US and Australian interest rates diverge, Australian investors are on the lookout for nascent signs of inflation, writes Richard Holden.

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