Michael Janda

Rate cuts are like cockroaches: there's rarely just one. But the RBA board has warned households and financial markets not to expect an infestation.

Banks are prohibited from telegraphing rates moves in advance, but it doesn't take much reading between the lines to see that an RBA rate cut next week will be passed on in full.

Australia's biggest bank has increased its profit and raised its dividend despite a "challenging period" for many customers. It has revealed 65,000 "tailored payment arrangements" are in place to help borrowers manage loan repayments.

The inflation figures give the Reserve Bank a green light to take its foot off the economic brakes. If it chooses not to, it will have a difficult time explaining why.

The Australian share market has broken a new record off the back of all four big banks backing a February rate cut by the Reserve Bank. Here's how the trading day played out, with insights from our business reporters.

Financial traders are still seeing about a 70 per cent chance that the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates in February, despite a 56,000-strong surge in jobs setting a number of employment records.

A fall in the Reserve Bank's preferred measure of inflation has increased the odds of an interest rate cut in February.

The Australian share market rises as the latest figures from the ABS show monthly core inflation falling to 3.2 per cent, raising hopes the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates as soon as next month.

Most experts are predicting Australian home prices will keep falling in early 2025. But the news isn't great for would-be buyers, with the decline expected to be small and short-lived.

China's property crash is bad news for Australia's economy, and there's even a risk it could precipitate our own housing crisis.

New Zealand's economy has slipped into one of the developed world's worst recent recessions, but it seems like the Reserve Bank of Australia is avoiding the same mistakes.

The Australian share market ended lower on Wednesday after the RBA left interest rates on hold again, while Chemist Warehouse announced plans to make its ASX debut next February.

The Reserve Bank board teases borrowers by extending hopes of a February rate cut, but will it arrive?

Australia's latest national accounts show why we probably would have had to be in recession to have seen an interest rate cut this year.

With so many technological advances, why does it feel like we spend more time doing paperwork than ever before? And who is profiting from all the virtual paper shuffling?

Like a good wine, the boomers are getting richer with age. But it's coming at the expense of young people, and one day they might just pull the cork out.

Wages growth in Australia slows to 3.5 per cent over the past year, according to official data, still outpacing inflation to result in modest real wage increases.

Tens, perhaps even hundreds of thousands of Australians waiting for interest rates to start falling will have to keep waiting for some time — potentially a long while.

Playing bad Santa this Christmas may not please your friends and family, but it could just save them some money if they have a mortgage. 

Regulators keep telling us that everything is OK and Australians are coping with surging mortgage repayments. But does the reality for many households match the soothing reports?