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Reserve Bank raises cash rate to 3.85%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... decision that will support the AUD, particularly against currencies where the hiking cycle has come to an end," he said. Now, Finder says 69% of its panel of experts believes the cash rate has now peaked. Still, 25% believe we have some way to go and ...

RBA steadies cash rate, flags more hikes

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... peaked and the labour market had started to loosen, the RBA would choose to pause," he said. A panel of experts canvassed by Finder foresees the cash rate to peak on average at 4%. Most of the panel agreed that it will peak between April and July this ...

Economists divided: RBA's moment of truth looms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
... cash rate hike, while Commonwealth Bank and Westpac anticipate the RBA to hold steady. Likewise, according to the latest Finder RBA cash rate survey, just over half of economists are predicting a rate rise, indicative of the cloud of uncertainty overhanging ...

RBA set to lift the cash rate again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
Most economists have flagged that the cash rate will rise again today, despite inflation having eased. A Finder survey said 88% of experts believe the cash rate will grow to 3.1% in December, which would be an eighth consecutive rate rise. Finder head ...

Australians worry about retirement - and maybe they should

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
Retirement is overwhelmingly concerning Australians, with a nationally representative Finder survey showing over 12 million people harbour longevity risk worries. The survey said 28% of respondents don't think they'll have enough super to stop ...

CPI poses awkward optics for RBA: Economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... he maintained that inflation will be more intractable than the RBA and markets are currently contemplating. Elsewhere, a Finder survey of Australian economists was near unanimous that the RBA is set to deliver another cash rate increase in November. ...

Super members switching options amid uncertainty

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
Finder's latest survey of superannuation fund members has revealed that 11% have switched to a more conservative risk profile in the past six months in a bid to safeguard their retirement savings. In total, this year has seen almost 20% of super members ...

RBA progresses digital currency project

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... interface specifications, as well as a platform for testing, will be provided separately, only to selected use case providers." Finder commented that in its submission to Parliament on Australia as a Tech & Financial Centre in June 2021 it encouraged ...

RBA signals further interest rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... inflation to be around 7.75% over 2022, slightly above 4% over 2023 and 3% in 2024. Likewise, 72% of economists and experts in Finder's RBA Cash Rate survey agree that the monthly CPI will continue to increase, peaking between 7 and 8%. Further, most ...

RBA anticipated to lift the cash rate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
According to Finder's RBA Cash Rate survey, 97% of economists and experts have forecast that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will increase the cash rate today. The survey found that almost two-thirds of respondents predicted a rise of 50 basis ...