Monetary Policy

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Where does the economic power now lie: Canberra or Sydney?

The Reserve Bank’s surprise rate cut in May is likely to prove the most significant economic event of the year, not the budget. Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane report.

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Steady as she goes from a slightly more optimistic RBA

The RBA, while cautious, sees growth returning to trend in 2014, an outcome a falling dollar will help bring about, write Crikey’s Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.

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RBA guns the economic engines as govt applies the brakes

Yesterday’s surprise rate cut is designed to address both the strong dollar and a domestic economy struggling as governments slash spending, say Crikey writers Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.

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Memo to the RBA: consider this before cutting rates

While we’re assuming there’ll be further interest rate cuts, the big banks have a more optimistic view of how the economy is travelling. Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane report.

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Stronger retail and building data sits economy back in sweet spot

Today’s retail sales and building figures show an economy picking up, just as the RBA has been trying to engineer, write Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.

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Bitcoin creating a decentralised currency

Bitcoin hoarders are making “money” through a new currency, uncoupled from any government. But is it real money? And who benefits?

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Is another dollar-induced, Italian-inspired rate cut coming?

The Reserve Bank has flagged that there may be further interest rate cuts in response to the strong dollar. In the strongest possible terms, report Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.

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The currency wars: how the mighty A$ is quietly shaping politics

The strong A$ is the elephant in the room of Australian politics, although Wayne Swan is now paying more attention to the productivity challenge posed by the currency wars. What can he really do about the gold-plated dollar?

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RBA offers a reality check on economic forecasting

The RBA has adopted a more realistic, and less certain, approach to economic forecasting. Will the private sector follow its lead? Crikey’s Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane investigate.

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The economy if Labor wins: industry and construction the keys

Labor’s commitment to manufacturing differentiates it from the Coalition on economic policy, but both sides will face the same challenge no matter who wins the election. Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer report.

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The Australian economy under Abbott: a (rough) Crikey guide

The Australian economy may not look significantly different under an Abbott government, despite the Coalition’s rhetoric. Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer with the Crikey crystal ball.

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Labor has delivered for working families — if they have their own home

Labor has delivered a very positive economic environment for working families — but only if they can afford their own home. It’s a different experience for the renters and those trying to buy.

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OECD hands govt praise — and an awkward to-do list

The latest OECD report on the Australian economy is positive towards many government policies, but makes some politically unpalatable suggestions about future reform. Is the hand of Treasury at work here?

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RBA targets ‘spillover’ from central banks for strong dollar

The Reserve Bank has identified “spillover” from quantitative easing as a key concern as the Australian dollar climbs higher. Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane report on the danger.

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Hockey on four-point plans and a falling economy

Joe Hockey’s confused criticisms of the government’s economic policy are reflected in the Coalition’s own economic “plan”. They’re going to need do better than this in government.

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The RBA’s Chinese dilemma: Asian comeback clouds the picture

The RBA is likely to cut today, but the return of China to strong growth makes it a more finely-balanced decision than many claim. Crikey’s Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane report.

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The RBA versus the new normal of uncertainty

The Reserve Bank is trying to make monetary policy in a difficult period of uncertainty both domestically and globally. Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane report.

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Labor’s obsession with surplus prompts a genuine mini-budget

The government has unveiled a raft of savings measures as part of its MYEFO, with revenue falling yet again. There’s more savings than usual from this government — and a few tricks thrown in.

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Battle of the shadows as RBA mulls the global environment

The domestic economy isn’t the basis for the RBA’s judgment about interest rates this afternoon, write Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.

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Ripples from the eurozone depression reaching Australia

Australia is seeing the first impacts of the extended European economic crisis, via Asian manufacturing.

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The currency interventionists rally, but to what end?

There’s a growing push for the RBA to lower the dollar, but it would be fighting against irresistible forces, write Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.

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Forget the doom and gloom: GDP powers up

The economy performed much more strongly than expected in the March quarter, and much better in 2011 than we thought, write Crikey’s Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.

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