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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 ...

How Australians are losing retirement returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... Australians are missing out on potential retirement returns by not regularly salary sacrificing, according to new research by Finder. A Finder survey has shown 86% of Australians don't top up their super fund regularly. What's more, it found only one ...

Reserve Bank shocks with hawkish 50bp increase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
... spending evolved given the increasing pressure on households' budgets from higher inflation and interest rate increases. Finder head of consumer research Graham Cook said this cash rate hike alone could cost the average homeowner almost $2000 a year. ...

Reserve Bank tipped to hike rates again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... tomorrow's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decision, the vast majority anticipate the central bank to jack up cash rates. A Finder survey has said that 86% of its expert panelists believe the cash rate will change tomorrow and 28% say there will ...

RBA weighs controversial pre-election rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... that, we expect further hikes to 1.00% by end-2022 and 1.50% by end 2023." On the likelihood of an interest rate rise, a Finder RBA survey found 84% of experts expect a cash rate move by August. Moreover, experts agree that a rate hike is necessary to ...

Generational home ownership gap widens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
... young Aussies living with mum and dad much longer than previous generations. A survey of more than 1000 Australians by Finder sought to find out how old they were when they reached major life milestones. The survey shows the number of people buying a ...