Interest rates
RBA governor warns of 'profound' impact from climate change, urges investment
Philip Lowe has warned climate change will leave businesses with stranded assets while urging governments to borrow more to protect it from a warming environment.
- by Shane Wright and Matt Wade
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Opinion
Cheers to our cup-half-full economy (because the alternative is sobering)
The Reserve Bank governor is confident that the central bank has pulled the right reins with its moves to historically low interest rates.
- by Jessica Irvine
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ASX prices keep rising in zero-gravity environment, thanks to the RBA
As interest rates continue to fall the price of Australian stocks keeps rising, even though companies' earnings growth is slowing.
- by Lucy Battersby
Philip Lowe
RBA says governments need to borrow more, rate cuts still on agenda
The RBA governor has urged more investment, including in ways to protect the country from climate change, while remaining open to future rate cuts.
- by Shane Wright
RBA
RBA puts faith in past rate cuts, looks through virus and fires
RBA holds interest rates at first meeting of the year, looking through the short-term economic impact of bushfires and coronavirus.
- by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
RBA
RBA keeps rates on hold as coronavirus implications 'unfold'
Governor Philip Lowe warned this summer's bushfires and the coronavirus outbreak would temporarily weigh on domestic growth.
- by Jennifer Duke and Shane Wright
Sydney house prices
RBA faces balancing act between threats and inflating property market
The RBA will have to balance the economic hit of bushfires and coronavirus and a surge in house prices across Sydney and Melbourne at its first meeting of the year on Tuesday.
- by Shane Wright
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Federal budget
Even before the summer from hell, the RBA was doing a lot of heavy lifting
The drought. The fires. The coronavirus. All are weakening the economy that is just getting by on ultra-low interest rates.
- by Shane Wright
Property prices
Sydney, Melbourne house values surge through start of the year
House values jumped again through January, with Sydney and Melbourne closing back in on their pre-2017 peaks.
- by Shane Wright
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Home loans
Lower rates will mean higher house prices, economists say
Sydney and Melbourne house prices will continue to rise faster than inflation this year, according to Scope economists.
- by Shane Wright
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Coronavirus outbreak
Fires and virus could drive nation into recession
The unprecedented summer of bushfires and now the coronavirus outbreak could drive Australia into its first recession in three decades, economists have warned.
- by Shane Wright, Jennifer Duke and Eryk Bagshaw