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In this year’s budget, Chalmers has to keep a lid on spending – or risk stoking inflation

Crafting a federal budget is never easy. Tonight’s budget is harder than most.

The Conversation · May 11

'Spendthrift' sandgropers trigger GST allowance critics

The scale of cash handouts in the Western Australian budget has infuriated some economists, who argue they are provocatively inflationary.

AAP · May 7

Oil crisis not over: warnings of diesel over $4 a litre

With the Strait of Hormuz still shut and stockpiles running down, economists warn fuel prices could spike above levels previously seen during this oil crisis.

AAP · May 5

With no easy options, RBA raises interest rates for the third time to quell inflation

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted the official cash rate by another 25 basis points, the third hike this year as it struggles to keep inflation under control.

The Conversation · May 5

RBA interest rates: Michele Bullock says Australians poorer with ‘no way out’ as she warns of more rate hikes

Reserve Bank of Australia raises cash rate for third consecutive meeting as governor says increases ‘are not going to do anything for inflation’ in next six months

The Guardian - AU · May 5

Morning Mail: Labor ranks uneasy over Albanese’s approach; RBA mulls rate rise; saving an imperilled dragon

Labor insiders question government’s mission; interest rates set for another bump; and bringing a lizard back from the brink

The Guardian - AU · May 3

The Hormuz hike: why the RBA is predicted to deliver a third straight interest rate rise this week

While interest rate rises can’t affect the surging price of oil caused by Middle East turmoil, they are still the Reserve Bank’s best – and only – tool to fight inflation

The Guardian - AU · May 3

Close call tipped as Reserve Bank mulls third rate hike

Traders and economists expect the central bank to raise interest rates for a third straight meeting but high uncertainty could result in another split decision.

AAP · May 3

Another RBA rate rise won’t fix inflation – it will just smash households already hit by soaring fuel costs

The latest ABS consumer price index figures show just how pointless hiking interest rates would be at dealing with inflation. But raising rates is baked into the Reserve Bank’s DNA

The Guardian - AU · Apr 29

Australia’s inflation surge just made an RBA rate rise more likely

Australia’s inflation rate surged 1.1% in March, driven by a record jump in fuel prices, making an interest rate hike next Tuesday more likely.

The Conversation · Apr 29