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New fees, higher costs: Card surcharges have been banned – how will it affect the way you pay?

Australian ban on credit and debit card surcharge. Some businesses plan to pass the cost on to consumers – or avoid it altogether

The Guardian - AU · Sep 29

RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank raises cash rate to highest level in 15 years and warns of more hikes ‘if needed’

Michele Bullock says board knows decision will hit some people hard but hopefully in the next few years ‘this will all have been worth it’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 29

Aussie shares up as bank boss bets against Cup day hike

Investors fears have cooled despite an increase in official cash rate, as the Reserve Bank tempered concerns of a back-to-back hike in November.

AAP · Sep 29

Shares flat ahead of interest rate call as oil jumps

The local exchange has handed back most of its early gains ahead of a key Reserve Bank decision, as high oil prices and inflation shroud the earnings outlook.

AAP · Sep 28

Higher tax take puts federal budget on stronger footing

Australia's deficit for the past financial year is smaller than expected, but rising borrowing costs mean the fiscal outlook is still gloomy.

AAP · Sep 27

Cafes, shoppers at a crossroads as surcharge ban looms

Shoppers may benefit from cash discounts, but retailers will still have to pay the price on merchant fees when a card surcharge ban comes into effect.

AAP · Sep 27

RBA expected to hike cash rate to 4.6%, its highest level since 2011

Outcome of meetings of Reserve Bank on Monday and Tuesday will affect Australian mortgage rates, household budgets and house prices

The Guardian - AU · Sep 27

Promise of 'light at end of the tunnel' for inflation

Labor is determined to inject optimism into Australia's gloomy consumers as another interest rate hike appears all but certain.

AAP · Sep 27

Bad news comes in twos: cash rate and CPI set to rise

Australian mortgage holders can expect more borrowing pain when the Reserve Bank board meets, with an interest rate hike almost universally anticipated.

AAP · Sep 27

Light shone on Reserve Bank's gloomy economic outlook

Treasury's productivity assumption has been described as "unrealistically optimistic" but the Reserve Bank's might be too downbeat, an economist says.

AAP · Sep 24