Property & Economy
Former RBA board member Harper says another rate hike plausible
Former RBA board member Ian Harper says another 2026 rate hike is plausible but not likely, weeks after the cash rate lifted to 4.60 per cent.
Interest Rates
Interest rate news and analysis for Australia — cash rate moves, mortgage pricing and what changing rates mean for borrowers, savers and business owners.
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Property & Economy
RBA September 2026 decision: what the July data say
After a missed August call, our framework reads the July inflation, jobs and wages data as a hike at the RBA's 29 September meeting.
Property & Economy
RBA survey: most Australians get interest rates backwards
More than half of Australians surveyed by the RBA think higher interest rates push inflation up, not down, and it changes how monetary policy actually
Property & Economy
Will the RBA Raise Rates in August 2026? Our Model Just Flipped to Hike
Headline inflation fell to 3.8% on 29 July, yet services and non-tradables inflation both rose and the trimmed mean did not move. Our ten-driver framework crossed its hike boundary by 0.03 — with the four strongest objections to that reading set out in full.
Property & Economy
Three hikes, then a pause: the public data lean HOLD for the RBA’s August decision
Australia’s next interest rate decision is 2:30pm, 11 August 2026. An independent, source-linked framework reads the public data as HOLD at 4.35% — with a live hike risk.