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Vital Signs: In the battle over interest rates, it'd be unwise to bet against the RBA

05 Mar 2021

The Reserve Bank has limitless access to Australian dollars and a reputation to protect.

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Vital Signs: Any talk about raising interest rates is a huge mistake

29 Jan 2021

The Reserve Bank should stick to its guns. Australia's economy still needs all the support it can get.

Vital Signs: Yes, house prices will rise with lower interest rates, but that's not the only effect

04 Oct 2019

Record low interest rates will almost certainly drive up property prices. But they will also drive down unemployment and boost investment generally.

Interest rate cut welcome – but what of secular stagnation?

01 Oct 2019

Much more needs to be done to accelerate spending and investment, says UNSW Business Professor Richard Holden.

Rate cuts might hurt, as well as help. What if this man didn't need to do as much?

03 Jul 2019

By himself, Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe may not be able to keep Australia out of recession.

RBA's likely rate cut is overdue, but there's another cash boost in play

03 Jun 2019

Any interest rate cut on Tuesday could be supercharged by another move to give borrowers more money to play with.

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: Australia's 5% jobless rate is not full employment

26 Oct 2018

Pushing up interest rates due to current Australia unemployment figures and historical economic theories may de dangerous.

Vital signs: When cutting interest rates might not help

14 Sep 2018

It is thought that it doesn't help much to cut official interest rates toward or beyond zero, and maybe it doesn't, but new research suggests the answer has a lot to do with the housing market.

Vital Signs: Inflation misses again, so where does the RBA go next?

27 Jul 2018

Persistently low inflation puts the Reserve Bank in a difficult position where the right thing to do might be doing nothing at all, writes Richard Holden.

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