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Job advertising shows small fall in April

Job advertising eased by 0.5 per cent in April, but was still 26.3 per cent higher than a year earlier and pointing to strong employment gains ahead.

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Labor Says It’ll Cop 40% Of First Home Costs So You Can Have A Backyard For Ur 23938 Doggos

Please, anything to get us out of this boomer-dominated hellscape.

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'You may not like me, but you know me': PM

Scott Morrison tells party faithful they at least know his government's plan for Australia's future even if they don't like him or all that he's done.

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Clive Palmer's promise to cap mortgage rates at 3% would make it much harder to get a home loan

Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party continues to make waves in the federal election campaign, most recently with advertisements on massive billboards pledging a “maximum 3% interest rate on all home loans for five years”. But does this promise stack up?

The Conversation

Interest rates are set to start rising. What does that mean for mortgage holders and homebuyers?

The RBA could hike rates as early as May. Will borrowers race towards fixed-rate home loans?

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The Loop: An underworld murder, Targa crash victim named, and why the RBA will raise interest rates

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The cost of living is surging, so why will the RBA add to it by raising interest rates?

The Reserve Bank is increasingly likely to start raising interest rates next Tuesday. But why would it add increased interest costs to household budgets at a time when Australians are struggling with a surging cost of living? Michael Janda explains the economics behind it.

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The Australian inflation rate gives the lie to Morrison’s claims of strong economic management

Workers’ ability to buy things with their wages is little different from when Tony Abbott took office in September 2013

The Guardian - AU

Business pressured by rising costs: ABS

A new survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics found well over half of businesses are under pressure from rising costs.

AAP

Mortgage holders in outer suburbs could face ‘huge cliff’ as inflation and rates rise, experts say

Inflation jumped in March, sparking expectations of a cash rate rise before the election, and concerns for mortgage holders

The Guardian - AU

Inflation hits an extraordinary 5.1%. How long until mortgage rates climb?

Australian consumer prices jumped an extraordinary 2.1% in the first three months of the year, the biggest quarterly jump since the introduction of the 10% goods and services tax at the start of the century.

The Conversation

Australia’s prices surge at fastest pace in two decades

Soaring prices come as Prime Minister Scott Morrison fights a tough election campaign.

Al Jazeera

Australia faces prospect of pre-election rate rise as inflation and consumer prices soar

Annual CPI rate rise to 5.1% was higher than expectations and reflects higher fuel and food costs, sparking fears of an interest rate rise

The Guardian - AU

Inflation jump largest since GST launched

The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the consumer price index rose 2.1 per cent in the March quarter, taking the annual rate to 5.1 per cent.

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Consumer inflation tipped to hit 4.5% in March as Australian cost of living soars

Petrol, produce and mortgage costs are rising powered by pandemic shortages, flood damage and the war in Ukraine

ABC News

Inflation surge could see super-sized interest rate hike in June, economists warn

The latest official inflation figures are expected to be the highest since the global financial crisis, and at least one leading economist warns they could trigger an extra large first interest rate hike from the Reserve Bank.

Benzinga

Inflation And Tech Earnings Set To Rattle Many Markets Next Week

Next week, the largest market events will centre on inflation, with Australia and the European Area updating the market as to their respective rising consumer prices. Wednesday, April 27, 2022 Australia Inflation Rate YoY Q1

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Confidence drops among small business

Confidence and conditions dropped among small and medium-sized businesses during the March quarter, a National Australia Bank survey shows.

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'Decent chance' of economic downturn in Australia, as experts predict US recession by 2024

It's only been two years since the COVID-19 pandemic began, but economists are already speculating about when the next recession could happen.

AAP

More signs of rate rise sooner than later

The Reserve Bank of Australia warns in the minutes of its April board meeting that rising inflation has brought forward the timing of a cash rate rise.

The Guardian - AU

Underestimated: why young women are shying away from economics

Fewer young women are taking up economics study, and many who do are underestimating how good they are at it. It could have consequences far beyond the classroom

ABC News

Canada and South Korea hike interest rates, Australian shares lift 0.6pc

Australian shares have posted solid gains ahead of the Easter long weekend, while surging inflation has prompted central banks in South Korea, Canada and New Zealand to lift interest rates aggressively.

The Guardian - AU

What key numbers should Australian politicians – and voters – know and care about?

Anthony Albanese fluffed jobless and cash rate questions but other figures indicate where the country is heading

The Guardian - AU

‘I’ll fess up’: Anthony Albanese tries to make a virtue of not knowing unemployment or cash rate

Labor leader makes mistake on day one of campaign as Scott Morrison embraces former NSW MP who said PM ‘got the welcome he deserved’ during bushfires

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Anthony Albanese stumbles, can't name cash or unemployment rate on day one of federal election campaign

Anthony Albanese says he made a mistake after being unable to recall key economic figures while trying to spruik Labor's credentials for government. The Opposition Leader says he takes full responsibility for the mistake.

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