An August rate cut was always going to be improbable, barring a rogue core inflation number (something equal to or less than 0.3%) or a “s…
An August rate cut was always going to be improbable, barring a rogue core inflation number (something equal to or less than 0.3%) or a “s…
As I expected, the RBA’s decision to – rightly or wrongly – slash interest rates to historically very low levels (the discounted rate …
Guess what? Contrary to the silly claims of some, Australian house prices are not falling through the floor. In fact, Aussie dwelling prices…
In encouraging news for prospective property owners, Aussie housing continues to get cheaper when deflated using disposable incomes. Accordi…
Have the RBA’s relentless rate cuts had any impact on Australia’s housing market? Today we are going to find out. One of the importan…
Most of the people reading this column will be either employees of small and large businesses, or owners of these companies. Yesterday I …
The RBA helpfully published the latest major bank net interest margins (NIMs) in its Statement of Monetary Policy, which, I should note, I h…
So we have a bunch of house price data out. The ABS’s quarterly median detached house price index, which was published yesterday, claims tha…
In a not surprising (for readers of this column) attempt to politically pressure Australia’s central bank, a major media outlet reports…
Last Tuesday I predicted ANZ would hike rates by between five basis points and 7.5 basis points, and noted that this could be a bit of a gam…
Following on from ANZ raising its interest rates on Friday, I’ve summarised the results of Bloomberg’s RBA cash rate survey into the chart b…
Looking at RP Data-Rismark’s daily hedonic home value index, which is also published by the Australian Stock Exchange, we can see that the “…
