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ANZ, CBA now tipping interest rates hike in November
4+ hour, 23+ min ago (632+ words) Updated August 26, 2026 - 11.36pm. First published at 10.47pm Two of Australia’s big four banks on Thursday reversed their forecast for interest rates, predicting they will rise by 0.25 per cent in November. The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and Commonwealth Bank of…...
Live: July inflation data to hint at Reserve Bank’s next interest rates move
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (526+ words) Updated August 26, 2026 - 1.24am. First published at 12.54am So why the expected inflation slowdown? Here’s Commonwealth Bank senior economist Trent Saunders to explain. Basically, it comes down to easing energy prices, although a few other bits and pieces will do their best to…...
Hidden issue quietly strangling Australia about to suddenly rear its head
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (667+ words) August 25, 2026 - 3.24am An issue that has been eating away at the economy for decades could leave Australia lagging behind the rest of the developed world without drastic action from governments. That’s according to NAB chief executive Andrew Irvine, who used a…...
Rent hikes costing tenants weeks of work every year
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (433+ words) August 23, 2026 - 9.13pm Some Australian workers are forfeiting weeks of their working year to pay for soaring rental prices, according to new analysis of housing affordability. Everybody’s Home, a national campaign highlighting the rental crisis, today released its 2026 Priced Out report which…...
Rents in capital cities spike up to 80 per cent in the last five years
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (476+ words) August 23, 2026 - 12.33am Rents in some parts of Australia have risen by up to 80 per cent in the last five years, new data suggests. Eight suburbs in Sydney have seen their rents rise by 60 per cent or more, up to $452 a week,…...
Australia reaches trillion-dollar debt for the first time
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Australia hits $1 trillion debt for the first time
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (355+ words) August 20, 2026 - 12.31am Australia has hit $1 trillion of gross debt for the first time as Labor and the Coalition go back and forth on which party is to blame. Australia has hit $1 trillion of gross debt for the first time. SMH / Anna…...
Forget the headlines about rates relief, read between the lines there’s more misery ahead
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1176+ words) Updated August 11, 2026 - 8.30pm. First published at 8.20pm It’s been billed as a relief but the Reserve Bank’s latest interest rates hold doesn’t do anything for mortgage holders now and comes with a sting in the tail: repeated threats of more pain to…...