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RBA Cash Rate August 2023 & Australian Housing Market Update

Another month down and yet another close call by the RBA! Welcome back to Ben’s RBA and Economic Update. Join Ben as he unpacks the RBA's latest decision. He delves into the impact of rising interest rates in the US and the intricacies of the woes happening in the home-building landscape. Additionally, he provides in-depth insights into th...

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Australian Housing Market Update July 2023

Are you feeling overwhelmed by all the challenges we're currently facing? We get it - interest rates, mortgage repayments, the fixed rate cliff, and the rising costs of living can be tough to handle. Not to mention the struggles with property building groups and the rental crisis. It's a lot to take in! But wait, before you get too caught up i...

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Money Stretch: Empowering Households to Make Informed Financial Decisions

Ben Kingsley here, and in this MoneySTRETCH tutorial video, I'm introducing you to MoneySTRETCH. Now, MoneySTRETCH is one of our money management tools, that's an interactive tool inside the web or desktop version of the Moorr platform, and we do recommend you use Chrome to access that. This tool is solving for the biggest problem that most househ...

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RBA Cash Rate June 2023: RBA’s Tough Call, Wage Growth vs. Productivity Battle & What’s Driving Property Values 

Another month down and yet another close call by the RBA! Welcome back to Ben’s RBA and Economic Update.   Join Ben as he unpacks the RBA's latest decision. From navigating loan default aversion to the RBA’s interest rate dilemma, the Aussie economy’s wage growth vs productivity battle, mortgage prison insights, cash flow manage...

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RBA Cash Rate May 2023: Banking Woes, RBA’s Close Call & Property Inflection Point

Another month down, another close call by the RBA! Welcome back to Ben’s RBA and Economic Update.   Tune in to stay updated on the latest market developments and gain valuable insights for making informed financial decisions.  Join Ben as he discusses the RBA's latest decision and sheds light on the US banking system's efforts to...

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RBA Cash Rate April 2023: The Close Rate Call 

Welcome back to Ben’s RBA and Economic Update where this month's announcement could mark a “turning point” for Australia...   Will the Reserve Bank of Australia finally end the country’s 11-month rate hike or is the inflation genie still out of the bottle?!   Tune in to hear Ben unpack the RBA’s decision along with the ...

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RBA Cash Rate March 2023: Is Now The Time To Act?

As we settle into the new year with the festive spirit firmly behind us, central banks around the world are now turning to tackle the question: Are we facing an untamed inflation beast or is it simply lag data?   It’s no different here in Australia as we wake to yet another rate rise; tune in to find out whether we’ve crept up anot...

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RBA Cash Rate February 2023: The Inflation Peak Has Passed, So What’s Next? 

After a month’s hiatus, the Reserve Bank of Australia is back with its first meeting for 2023. With a rapidly changing economic landscape, will the board mirror December’s 0.25 rate rise or is a drastic rate hike in order?   Tune in to hear Ben cover the highs of the domestic market from the ASX’s surprise positive results to fa...

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RBA Cash Rate December 2022: Has Australia Reached Its Inflation Summit?

As Australia’s “Year of Inflation” draws to a close, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has just released its last official cash rate for 2022.   As global economic outlook shifts to a more “positive” note with the US and Australia seeming to have escaped a recession, have we just received another early Christmas present fr...

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RBA Cash Rate November 2022: Rate Hike Again But When Will It Stop?

While the race that stops a nation will have the eyes of Australians everywhere today, another decision drawing just as much interest has been released.   In the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) November release – which happens to coincide with Victoria’s Melbourne Cup Day – Ben breaks down our seventh consecutive rate ...

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The Art of Investing in Volatile Markets

With the turbulent state of today’s markets, it’s no surprise that there’s been a lot of noise around the future of Australia's market and what it means for investors. With many conflicting trends and numbers, and a lack of clarity around the origins of Australia's inflation, it’s hard to know what remedy is needed from the Reserve Bank...

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Goldilocks days are over: VanEck’s Q4 Summary

Please Note: This report was created and provided by VanEck. The halcyon days of Goldilocks are well and truly over for markets and they now resemble an aimless vagabond. Investors are deep in the inflation era. The question is, how deep? Are we up to our knees, our waist or our necks? And is the depth subsiding? Central banks around the wor...

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RBA Cash Rate October 2022: How To Stop Inflation Psychology!

Overnight Update: This video was filmed & produced before the UK's mini-budget was scrapped. The RBA Monthly Update doesn’t get much bigger than this.   The Reserve Bank of Australia has once again lifted interest rates, property market sentiment is shifting fast, and despite all, Australia’s retail spending remains at record hi...

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