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Why is the Reserve Bank of Australia exploring digital currency options?

The RBA is looking into the idea of a central bank digital currency as cryptocurrencies continue to gain popularity

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s central bank launches digital currency pilot

Reserve Bank of Australia says year-long trial will explore “innovative use cases and business models” for currency.

Al Jazeera

Reserve Bank to trial digital currency in 'limited-scale pilot' scheme

The Reserve Bank of Australia will trial its own digital currency as part of a research project to evaluate the…

ABC News

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Home prices in 'affordable' regional Queensland towns continue to rise as national housing market drops

The Reserve Bank of Australia has once again raised interest rates for the fourth consecutive month, but this Longreach 20-something…

ABC News

RBA tempers language on rate rises

Economists say the RBA has laid the groundwork for less aggressive rate hikes, but the government acknowledges the latest decision…

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RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank lifts official cash rate by 50 basis points to 1.85%

Decision is fourth monthly rise in a row, as Australia’s inflation rate soars beyond target range of 2% to 3%

The Guardian - AU

Interest rate updates: RBA increases cash rate for fourth consecutive month to curb rising inflation — as it happened

The Reserve Bank has raised the cash rate for the fourth time in as many months to curb inflation. Look…

ABC News

Likely rate rise will be difficult: PM

The Reserve Bank board is expected to lift the cash rate for the fourth month in a row when it…

AAP

Recession may be the price to beat inflation

After underestimating the worst inflation outbreak in decades, central banks are now driving their economies headlong toward recession in order…

Irish Independent

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Record low unemployment rates riding up against return of inflation

Storm clouds over 'full' employment

Newcastle Herald

Mortgage holders should brace for short-term pain as RBA signals steady interest rate rises to tackle inflation

Philip Lowe says reserve bank looking for its ‘neutral rate’ which could see cash rate almost double in coming months

The Guardian - AU

Be confident inflation will come down: RBA

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe says the nation could see a lower peak in interest rates if the…

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Mask mandates ruled out as nation records 90 Covid deaths – as it happened

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Reserve Bank review will scrutinise who sits on the board and whether their views should be more transparent

A Reserve Bank of Australia review is set to examine whether its long-standing inflation target should remain.

ABC News

Up to a third of mortgage holders could struggle to keep up with repayments, RBA says

Deputy reserve bank governor, Michele Bullock, says most Australians are ‘well placed’ to absorb the impact of rate rises

The Guardian - AU

The Reserve Bank can look across to New Zealand for a hint on Australia's economic future

New Zealand is about six months ahead of Australia in its moves to bring down inflation, so is looking across…

ABC News

Interest rates have gone up following the new cash rate announcement. So what does that mean for my bank?

The RBA has raised interest rates by 0.5 percentage points, and now it's up to the banks on how they…

ABC News

Higher interest rates may not slow inflation, and central banks are partly to blame

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to raise the cash rate may backfire and cause economic instability

The Guardian - AU

Borrowers set for another big rate rise

Economists expect the Reserve Bank of Australia to lift the cash rate when its board meets on Tuesday.

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1970s-style stagflation now playing on central bankers' minds

“Stagflation” is an ugly word for an ugly situation – the unpleasant combination of economic stagnation and inflation.

The Conversation

Profits push up prices too, so why is the RBA governor only talking about wages?

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Phillip Lowe has invoked memories of the 1970s, warning wage growth must be restrained to…

The Conversation

Where did the RBA find evidence of wage growth?

The Reserve Bank of Australia is facing a federal government review, and we found one good reason for it: Wages…

ABC News

Australia's Reserve Bank has got a lot right, but there's still a case for an inquiry

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is about to commission an independent review of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Refreshingly, his election promise…

The Conversation

OECD warns RBA may go harder on rates

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has warned the Reserve Bank of Australia may need to go harder on…

Crikey

RBA hike due to ‘significant’ inflation

The Reserve Bank of Australia board has raised the cash rate to 0.85 per cent from 0.35 per cent in…

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