Australian Interest Rates

Latest news and analysis on Australian Interest Rates

Macro

Why 2024 might see you get a pay rise in real terms

Falling inflation could have some unexpected benefits according to ANZ Senior Economist Adelaide Timbrell.
Sara Allen
Livewire Markets
Education

Why Government Bonds remain a natural choice

Government Bonds are arguably now in better shape and more able to defend portfolios than they have been in years.
Charlie Jamieson
Jamieson Coote Bonds
Macro

Reserve Bank's inflation challenge

The Reserve Bank's battle to tame inflation will be a slog. Here's why.
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Kiryll Prakapenka
Fat Tail Investment Research
Macro

Where the Australian economy is headed and what investors need to know

Insights from the RBA's Marion Kohler, Assistant Governor - Economics (Acting) on the economic outlook.
Sara Allen
Livewire Markets
Macro

Are the five horsemen of interest rates actually doing their job?

RBA Assistant Governor (Financial Markets) Christopher Kent discussed the five channels of monetary policy and what it means for inflation.
Sara Allen
Livewire Markets
Livewire Live

Is the party over or has the music just changed?

Catch the entire panel session featuring some of Australia's brightest economic minds here.
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
Macro

Interest rates: lower and sooner?

Will the mantra of ‘higher for longer’ interest rates be superseded by ‘lower and sooner'?
Kiryll Prakapenka
Fat Tail Investment Research
Macro

RBA held interest rates steady at 4.1%, Bank of Canada left interest rates unchanged at 5%

Weekly Update | 8th September 2023
Hue Frame
Frame Funds Management
Macro

Impact of rising rates on Australian credit markets | Josh Manning

Murdoch is joined by Josh Manning, the founder and portfolio manager at Manning Asset Management, to discuss Australian credit markets.
Murdoch Gatti
York Wealth Management
Property

What happened to the fixed rate mortgage cliff?

I spoke with AMP's Diana Mousina and buyers agent Pete Wargent to find out.
Ally Selby
Livewire Markets
Macro

The lucky country has become the lazy country

Businesses appear focused on paying shareholders rather than building new equipment/technology, creating a productivity/inflation problem.
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Macro

The RBA's "active taper" options and finding "greeniums" on ESG bonds

An active taper is a live option as is the ability to capitalise on "greeniums" on ESG bonds...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Macro

Borrowers have dodged multiple rate increases

Extreme competition in the banking sector has allowed most borrowers to avoid some of the RBA's rate increases
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Macro

Bank competition, the incomplete pass-through of the cash rate & loan payments

Mortgage rates have risen by less than the cash rate, although there has still been a substantial increase in loan payments.
Kieran Davies
Coolabah Capital
Macro

High services inflation is a problem for the RBA

Similar to the US experience, core goods inflation has slumped, but services inflation remains high.
Kieran Davies
Coolabah Capital
Macro

Did the RBA fuel the fire or douse the flames?

Chris Rands
Chris Rands
Yarra Capital Management
Macro

Cash flow, excess savings & the risks to consumer spending

Consumer spending could hold up for longer than commonly thought if households change their saving behaviour.
Kieran Davies
Coolabah Capital
Property

Have Australian home prices bottomed? Probably not

AMP's Shane Oliver looks at the positives and negatives for the residential property market outlook.
Shane Oliver
AMP
Macro

Why an RBA pause will be positive for portfolios

The RBA is set to pause rates soon - and that can extend the economic cycle and provide upside for investors.
Isaac Poole
Ascalon Capital
Macro

The great housing crash has stalled, but is far from over

House prices have moved sideways in February due to seasonal factors that will be superseded by the RBA’s interest rate hammer...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
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