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RBA rates call will fuel inflation and prolong cost-of-living crisis

The board has broken the sacred rule of modern central banking: do not pump prime the economy before an election, particularly when there will be a...

21.02.2025 9

Financial Review

Warren Hogan

There is no way the Reserve Bank can cut interest rates next week

The central bank would be well advised not to misjudge the politics. An easing of monetary policy would put more jobs and more inflation into the...

09.02.2025 10

Financial Review

Warren Hogan

We aren’t out of the woods on inflation yet

The arguments put forward about why interest rates should be cut immediately simply do not stack up.

10.12.2024 3

Financial Review

Warren Hogan

Risk of a rate rise is passing, but cuts are not on the agenda

The RBA has an important job this week in communicating how inflation is behaving behind the distortions caused by government subsidies.

04.11.2024 4

Financial Review

Warren Hogan

Suddenly the RBA seems very isolated

Australia’s central bank looks neither hawk nor dove. It seems more of a shag on a rock in a sea of interest rate cuts.

22.09.2024 2

Financial Review

Warren Hogan

No smoking gun to lift rates, but RBA should still pull trigger

The underlying dynamics of the Australian economy are very different to the US. The cash rate is still too low to ensure inflation sustainably...

04.08.2024 9

Financial Review

Warren Hogan