Thu, Mar 21, 2024
The ABS noted a larger-than-usual number of people started working in February after the summer holiday, a change in the seasonal pattern that contributed to the recent volatile results.
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024
The remaining four said affordability will improve. "Housing has increasingly become a luxury good, with household affordability around record low levels.
Tue, Feb 06, 2024
Markets had wagered heavily on a steady outcome given inflation had eased by more than expected in the fourth quarter and suspected rates have peaked.
Mon, Dec 04, 2023
The interest rate poll, conducted November 29 - December 1, showed 28 of 30 economists, including those at Australia's big four banks, expect the central bank will keep its official cash rate on hold on December 5.
Tue, Nov 07, 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on Tuesday decided to raise the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 4.35 per cent, after keeping the rate on hold for four consecutive months.
Wed, Nov 01, 2023
A separate report from PropTrack foresaw further gains ahead given booming migration, a tight rental market and a supply squeeze as home building lagged far behind population growth.
Thu, Oct 26, 2023
The third quarter inflation was higher than what the central bank had forecast in August.
Westpac Chief Economist Luci Ellis said the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was now likely to lift its cash rate by a quarter point to 4.35 per cent at its next meeting on November 7.
Tue, Sep 05, 2023
Minutes of the August meeting showed the central bank now sees a credible path where inflation would return to the target band in 2025, with interest rates at their current level, implying the hurdle to another hike is high.
Tue, Nov 02, 2021
The dollar hovered below recent highs on Tuesday as traders waited for the Reserve Bank of Australia to lead a handful of central bank meetings set to define the rates outlook this week.
Sun, Nov 12, 2017
The tech invasion - with locals now dubbing Martin Place, once the heartland of the finance sector, `Silicon Place` - has tightened the office rental market and helped drive down the city`s vacancy rate to a near-decade low, according to property manager Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL).
Tue, Sep 06, 2016
Japan's Nikkei stock index was up 0.1%, with the dollar steady on the day against its Japanese counterpart at 103.47 yen.
Tue, Aug 02, 2016
Australian shares were 0.1% lower.
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