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Inflation erodes retiree savings by 7.5%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... range spent $41,477 in the last year. In hiking the base rate to 3.60% on March 7, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe said global inflation remains very high, but at home it seems as though inflation has peaked. "Goods price inflation is ...

RBA governor cites climate, energy transition in inflation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe cited climate change and the transition to renewable energy as two of four longer-term changes to the global economy that are "likely to affect the dynamics of inflation, central bank policy and the way ...

SG increase will impact wage growth: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe said the legislated increase to the superannuation guarantee will impact wage growth and the government will need to weigh up the impacts of that. Speaking at the House of Representatives Standing Committee ...

No such thing as a free lunch: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has said the government will likely need to borrow more money, but warned the central bank will not directly provide funding. Giving his annual address to the Anika Foundation, Lowe stressed that while ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... the decline in infections and the easing of restrictions in most of the country." Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe issued this statement at the conclusion of the central bank's Board meeting on 7 July. Economic stats and surveys bore ...

Red tape to slow recovery: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has called for de-regulation, warning excess regulation threatens the "dynamism" of the Australian economy. Speaking to the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19, Lowe said the past three months have been ...

Banks urged to step up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe and APRA chair Wayne Byres have called on the big banks to support the Australian COVID-19 recovery, rather than their shareholders. Speaking during a FINSIA webinar, Lowe said over the past decade APRA ...

Chief economist update: Lowe puts Australia on high

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
Drought, bushfires, coronavirus are among the risks Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe nominated when he testified before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on the February 7. One day later, and Lowe would have ...

Chief economist update: What price Australian budget surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... helping hand" because central banks are running out of ammunition. No less than Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe backs up Financial Standard 's earlier prescriptions. As printed in the Australian Financial Review on August 27: "He told ...

RBA in no rush to lift cash rate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
Investors should brace for the 1% cash rate environment to continue, after Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe turned the spotlight to the stubborn inflation rates at a Sydney lunch yesterday. Speaking at Anika Foundation Luncheon, Lowe said ...
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