The RBA has finally conceded that rising inflation and stronger than anticipated wages growth have brought forward the likely timing of the first increase in interest rates. A June interest rate lift looks more likely than not, with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) itself hinting rates could head north sooner than anticipated as…
Flashback two years to March 2020, when a collective cloud of anxiety first loomed as the state was plunged into our first COVID-19 lockdown. We didn’t know then, of course, the extent to which the government would cushion the pandemic’s blow, propping up the economy over the next two years with low interest rates and…
There is no doubt that the Australian property market has surged since late 2020. Double digit growth in all states and territories evidences this growth. Demand, the size of mortgages and media attention means the Australia Government is now becoming increasingly wary of the impact of a property bubble. A property bubble poses a real…
