Interest Rates

Australia would be among the countries that would suffer most from what Trump is proposing, after the US and China.

Australians are increasingly hopeful that cost of living pressures are about to ease, and expect to receive an interest rate cut soon, according to new polling.

National home prices rose in September, new data shows, but some of the heat continues to come out of the housing market as more owner-occupiers and investors consider selling.

Figures released on Wednesday are likely to show inflation is extraordinarily low. They will only add to the pressure on the Reserve Bank governor to cut rates.

HSBC Chief Economist Paul Bloxham says the underlying inflation is still too persistent and the rates won't be cut until well into 2025. 

The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates, potentially putting more pressure on our Reserve Bank to do the same.

The US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time since the pandemic, and with the race for the White House in full swing both sides of politics move to push their narratives around what it means for the economy.

The Russian and Chinese economies are lurching into ever more perilous territory, threatening the nations' alliance.

With growth at the slowest pace in Australia since the recession of the early 1990s, we are now faced with an ongoing economic crisis in China — our biggest trading partner — and the prospect of a global economic slowdown.

Today’s economic data shows just how hard interest rates are hitting households, and an economy growing at a rate not seen since the early 1990s.

New data shows households have been spending more in most categories, with the biggest increases coming in health care, food and services such as maintenance.

The Treasurer says global economic uncertainty, persistent inflation and higher interest rates are putting the brakes on the economy.

Chief Business Correspondent Ian Verrender says when you strip back population growth, Australia's GDP has gone backwards six quarters in a row.

David Bassanese says domestic consumer spending is weak, with supply constraints holding back the economy.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers forewarns a 'soft and subdued' GDP figure ahead of tomorrow's growth data.

As Australian mortgage holders wait for relief, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand cuts rates and green shoots emerge in the housing market.

If sharp increases in interest rates aren't the right tool to control inflation, what is? The experience of the 1980s provides an idea.

Rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve and other central banks will create a near-irresistible pressure for Australia's Reserve Bank to follow, potentially very soon.

Some of our biggest banks made headlines for cutting interest rates this week, even though the Reserve Bank of Australia has kept rates steady for months. Here's why they're lowering them, and what it means for households.

The media — and the internet in particular — are full of eye-catching bravado about the economy and what recent data is telling us about the future. But what happens when things are far from certain?