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Vital Signs: The RBA wants to cut unemployment, and nothing — not even soaring home prices — will stand in its way

10 May 2021

The bank's decision to focus on just one thing puts the onus on the government to take action to rein in home prices.

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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.

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Vital Signs: The Reserve Bank has done as much as it can. Now it's up to the government

21 Aug 2020

The Reserve Bank Australia has exhausted the limits of monetary policy, There's no magic pudding, says governor Philip Lowe.

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Vital Signs: APRA making it easier to borrow could be another bad call

03 Jun 2019

Combined, APRA and the Reserve Bank are about to give households on $150,000 up to $120,000 more borrowing power.

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Why banks won't pass on the next rate cut

07 May 2019

Profit incentives might prevent banks following the lead of the Reserve Bank when it next cuts rates. 

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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.

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Vital Signs: is the economy getting stronger? The RBA says 'time will tell'

10 Aug 2018

The new RBA monetary statement is just like the old one — but there are some things that are changing significantly, writes Richard Holden.

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RBA cuts rates, on the day of the 2016 Budget

03 May 2016

Subdued growth and deflation are behind the Reserve Bank's unusual Budget day interest rate cut, says Tim Harcourt, the J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics at UNSW.

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Vital Signs: Gold star for Glenn Stevens as Australian economy proves resilient

07 Mar 2016

The Australian economy exceeds expectations, while China continues to worry. RBA Governor Glenn Stevens has reason to smile, Janet Yellen less so, writes Richard Holden.

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