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RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... recently, it said. The RBA acknowledged labour market conditions have continued to narrow and tighten. As the unemployment rate has gradually risen over the last 12 months, employment growth has slowed. Although measures of labour underutilisation remain ...

Inflation hits 3.8% in October

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... said. "This result follows September quarter inflation figures that came in higher than expected, while the unemployment rate remains low. Throw this inflation print on the pile and it is clear that the RBA cannot justify cutting rates right now." The ...

November rate cut likely off the table as inflation lifts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... forward-looking indicators for the labour market that doesn't appear in the medium term to be suggesting that the unemployment rate is going to deteriorate quite markedly. We always thought it would drift up a bit, maybe it's drifted up a bit further ...

Unemployment falls, more women enter the workforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.2% in July, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "With employment rising by 25,000 people and the number of unemployed decreasing by 10,000 people, the unemployment rate ...

RBA cuts rates, experts debate next moves

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... and inflation to finally reach 2.5%, the middle of the target band, by December 2027. This is despite a steady unemployment rate of 4.3% over the projected horizon," Wood said. "We retain our view that the market is fully priced for the RBA's easing ...

Return to office mandates to harm firms, careers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... seeing weakness in the employment market as an opportunity to impose stricter return to office mandates; the unemployment rate in financial services is much higher than the national average, particularly for top earners, the review shows. And now the ...

Bullock reaffirms RBA's 'gradual easing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... There are many ways the labour market can adjust. The RBA doesn't 'target' a specific outcome, like a certain unemployment rate or number of job losses, to reach full employment," Bullock said. "Monetary policy cannot control how the adjustment happens ...

Unemployment data throws 'curveball' at RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
The unemployment rate rose from 4.1% to 4.3% in June, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). VanEck head of investments and capital markets Russel Chesler said the surprise uptick in unemployment means the next rate ...

Resilient job market reduces rate cut probability: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
While the Australian unemployment rate remained unchanged, experts are becoming less optimistic we'll see many more rate cuts this year. The Australian labour market remained robust in May, with the unemployment rate sitting at 4.1%, Australian Bureau ...

War on inflation: Australia vs New Zealand

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... central bank accepted that it would "tip the economy into a recession". "As it turns out, GDP fell in 2024, the unemployment rate rose by almost 2ppts, and this combination brought inflation back to the RBNZ's 'near 2%' target by 2H24," Bloxham ...