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Reserve Bank lifts cash rate target

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... around this level thereafter. This would be the lowest rate of unemployment in almost 50 years," Lowe said. Touching on recent CPI figures, Lowe said they largely reflect global pressures but local capacity constraints are increasingly playing a role. ...

Investors sweat over inflation, interest rates: Survey

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... interest rates is also of increasing concern, Guimatsia said. Note, this survey was undertaken prior to the release of the latest CPI data by the Australian Bureau of Statistics which saw a quarterly increase of 2.1% and annual increase of 5.1%.

CPI sees greatest jump since 2000

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.1% in the March quarter and 5.1% annually - the greatest increases since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in 2000. The growth, revealed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday, came ...

Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... to cleaner energy may be delayed. It comes as latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows the largest annual jump in CPI since 2000. The report from the World Bank says the war in Ukraine has dealt a massive blow to commodity markets, "altering ...

Easter Bunny feels the inflationary pinch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
... in almost all consumer price index groups in Australia. From the December quarter 2020 to December quarter 2021, all groups CPI rose 3.5%. Transport and housing with 12.5% and 4% respective rises had the largest sector increases.

US, UK hike interest rates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... into restrictive territory." The Bank of England also raised interest rates this week by 0.25%, moving from 0.5% to 0.75%. CPI inflation in the UK is at 5.5%. While the US has held off on rate hikes until now, this is the third consecutive increase from ...

Inflation hitting retiree budgets: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... percentage increases in the budgets for those aged around 65 was higher than the increase in the December quarter All Groups CPI of 1.3%. The research also found that price increases for retirees are outstripping those for employees and retirees haven't ...

Tight labour market not yet producing wage growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... quarterly Consumer Price Index release, despite a tight labour market. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham expects headline CPI inflation to increase to 3.1% year on year in Q4 2021. He observes that both demand and supply side factors should continue ...

FSC advice reforms slash time, costs by 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... identified as retail clients to those with assets of less than $5 million (up from $2.5 million) and index the threshold to CPI. By 2030, the FSC wants the industry to be self-regulated and a principles-based regulatory framework fully implemented. By ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... century ago when the global economy have had its last encounter with stagflation. he first episode came in the mid-1970s. US CPI inflation surged from a low of 2.95% in August 1972 to 12.1% by December 1974 while the US economy stagnated, with annual ...