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Minutes show RBA considered 50bp rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... met earlier this month but ultimately determined the case for a 0.25% increase was stronger. In the February 7 meeting minutes released this morning, the RBA explained that it a pattern of income prices and wages data exceeding expectations, as well ...

RBA set to lift the cash rate again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... mandate target range, a more aggressive response seems out of the question." "Indeed, in the RBA's most recent meeting minutes policymakers agreed that 'acting consistently would support confidence in the monetary policy framework.' Therefore, having ...

CPI rises despite Fed rate hikes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... these increases were partly offset by a 4.9% decline in the gasoline index. Meanwhile, the Federal Open Market Committee minutes said: "Inflation remained elevated, reflecting supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic, higher food and energy ...

RBA spotlights inflation risk of higher wages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
Minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia's June board meeting revealed a risk of persistently high inflation as employees demanded a rise in wages to combat living costs. The minutes stipulated that should expectations of higher inflation become ...

Life Code update expands consumer protections

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... introduced include extended protections to more types of vulnerability, capping interview times during the claims process to 90 minutes and a ban on allegations of fraud without prior authority and a new approach to obsolete medial definitions in older ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... invasion of Ukraine and COVID related lockdowns in China posed heightened risks for economies around the world, meeting minutes revealed. It said: "In light of the high degree of uncertainty surrounding the economic outlook, participants judged that ...

US stocks crumble after Jerome Powell's hawkish comments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... through tightened monetary policy with interest rate hikes. It was only earlier this week that the Reserve Bank of Australia minutes strongly insinuated that inflationary and wage growth developments had brought forward the likely timing of Australia's ...

RBA eyes an early rate hike

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) minutes for April have strongly suggested that inflationary and wage growth developments have brought forward the likely timing of the first interest rate increase. Interest rates in Australia haven't been raised since ...

Global alliance calls for BNPL regulations

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... easy but is ultimately unaffordable. In some cases, people spend years trying to pay back debt they have signed up for in minutes."

ASIC sets adviser exam dates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... gradually declined to 69% and 60%. Advisers pay $973 for every sitting. The exam goes for 3.5 hours, which includes 15 minutes of reading time. Advisers wishing ACER to re-mark their exams must pay $218.