by admin | Apr 29, 2022 | Economics, Housing, Index, Interest Rates, Investing, RBA
Outlook for Investment Markets The global economic outlook has become more difficult. Inflation has proved to be a bigger problem than expected, and financial markets are now more concerned that central banks, in their efforts to bring inflation down, may raise...
by admin | Apr 29, 2022 | Economics, Interest Rates, Investing, Lifestyle, RBA
Philip Lowe has managed to put off raising rates as he waits for wage inflation to start to occur which originally he pointed to the end of 2022 at the earliest, and was originally saying inflation was transitory in nature. However as Australia comes off the back of a...
by admin | Mar 25, 2022 | Economics, Index, Interest Rates, Investing, RBA, Retirement
The Fed has made a move, increasing the US cash rate by 25 basis points with another 6 rate rises planned for the year. Philip Lowe of the RBA is maintaining his “prepared to be patient” rhetoric, however that hasn’t stopped the 90day rate doubling in the past 3...
by admin | Feb 3, 2022 | Budgeting, Economics, Family, First Home, Housing, Interest Rates, Investing, Lifestyle
It goes without saying that homebuyers love low interest rates. The lower the interest rate the less the mortgage repayments on a particular house, right? Well, maybe. Lower interest rates also mean borrowers can service a bigger loan. In a competitive housing market...
by admin | Jan 28, 2022 | Economics, Federal Budget, First Home, Housing, Index, Interest Rates, Investing, RBA
Coronavirus Victoria and New South Wales saw their economies roar back to life as they emerged from lockdown just in time for a new kid to arrive on the coronavirus block. Omicron spread around the world seemingly within days knocking Delta off the front pages....
by admin | Jan 13, 2022 | Budgeting, Debt, Economics, Federal Budget, Index, Interest Rates, Investing
You might think that only importers and exporters pay attention to the value of the Aussie dollar, but movements in the exchange rate affect us all. After peaking at US$0.81 in January 2018, the Australian dollar fell as low as US$0.61 in March 2020, and is currently...
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