RBA digging in, showing signs of frustration

• ANALYSIS

The Reserve Bank is increasingly certain the global economy is picking up and increasingly determined not to cut its cash rate again.

RBA keeps cash rate at 1.5%, no sign of change

• UPDATED

The Reserve Bank of Australia has held the cash rate steady at 1.5 per cent amid concern about what another cut would do to the housing market and amid signs the economy is picking up.

OECD warns of house prices 'rout' if investors head for the doors

The OECD has warned of a "rout" in Australian house prices leading to a new economic downturn, saying both prices and household debt have reached "unprecedented highs".

Australian economy grows by 1.1 per cent, beating expectations

Australia has avoided a second consecutive quarter of negative economic growth, rising by 1.1 per cent in the December quarter and beating market expectations.

The simple fix to make high-earning investors pay $240m more tax

• COMMENT

High earners are negatively gearing their way out of the Medicare levy.

Cut the company tax rate, says Treasury boss John Fraser

Treasury boss John Fraser has implored Parliament to consider cutting the company tax rate, saying it would be "critical" to respond to international competition.

Company tax cut payoff will 'take years'

The Turnbull Government proposed company tax cut would cut national income for years before it boosted it and would never be self-funding, a new analysis from the Grattan Institute has found.

All high earners to pay Medicare levy surcharge under budget proposal

All high income Australians would pay the 1 to 1.5 per cent Medicare Levy Surcharge under a budget proposal that would raise a breathtaking $4 billion per year, more than 6 times the net amount saved in the first Turnbull budget.

Reserve Bank chief Lowe overrules his staff on rate cuts

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has no plans to cut interest rates, and worries that he did he would make an already indebted nation "more fragile".