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(LIVE) RBA Apr 2025 | “Tariff-ying” Times: How Trump’s Policies Could Affect Australia 

What’s behind the Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest cash rate decision—and what global forces are weighing heavily on the boardroom table?  In this month’s RBA Update, Ben Kingsley and Evan Lucas unpack the key economic signals, inflation data, and one particularly big wildcard: Donald Trump’s return and his proposed “Liberati...

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(LIVE) RBA Feb 2025 | Rate Cut CONFIRMED! Mortgage Holders Rejoice 

RBA Cuts Interest Rates The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has officially cut interest rates, marking the first rate reduction in years. With inflation cooling and mortgage stress rising, this move was widely expected by economists and market analysts.  Join Ben Kingsley and Evan Lucas as they break down the decision and its impact on ...

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RBA Dec 2024 | Trump 2.0: A New Chapter for Australia and Global Economies?

It’s the final RBA Cash Rate Announcement of 2024!   Join hosts Ben Kingsley and Evan Lucas as they delve into the Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest decision and analyse recent economic data shaping Australia and the world.  Key highlights:  RBA’s Cash Rate Announcement Find out all about the Reserve Bank ...

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RBA Nov 2024 | Our Predictions Clash: When Will Rates Drop?

It’s the penultimate RBA Cash Rate Announcement of 2024, and our hosts Ben Kingsley and Evan Lucas are back once again – speaking to the RBA’s latest decision and exploring the most recent economic data from Australia and around the world.  Join us as we unpack the usual key topics such as GDP, inflation, unemployment, consumer and b...

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RBA September 2024 | Can We Expect a Rate Cut This Side of Christmas?

The sixth RBA Cash Rate Announcement of 2024 is here!   Join hosts Ben Kingsley and Evan Lucas as they dive into the RBA’s latest decision and explore recent economic data from Australia and around the world.  Key Highlights:  RBA’s Cash Rate Announcement Find out all about the Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest cas...

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RBA August 2024 | Why Australia is OUT of Cycle with the Rest of the World

In this video covering the fifth RBA Cash Rate Announcement of 2024, our hosts Ben Kingsley and Evan Lucas dive into the RBA’s latest decision and explore the most recent economic data from Australia and around the world.  Join us as we unpack key topics such as GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, consumer and business confidence, ...

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RBA June 2024 | Australia Faces Slowest GDP Growth in Decades

In this video covering the fourth RBA Cash Rate Announcement of 2024, our hosts Ben Kingsley and Evan Lucas comment on the RBA’s decision, as well as explore the latest economic updates from Australia and around the world.  Delve into the numbers and explore key topics such as inflation, interest rates, consumer confidence, business cond...

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RBA May 2024 | The Inflation Psychology Story

Welcome to the third RBA Rate Release of 2024 with our hosts Ben Kingsley and Evan Lucas!   In a time when economic indicators sway like leaves in the wind, staying informed is vital. Here's a sneak peek into what Ben & Evan will be discussing in today’s episode:  RBA’s Interest Rate Decision  Find out all ab...

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RBA Mar 2024 | Are We Facing Challenges with Sticky Inflation?

Join us for the second RBA Rate Release of 2024 at Empower Wealth! Expert independent economist Evan Lucas and host Ben Kingsley are back to dissect the latest economic trends and data in this month’s episode.  In this instalment, we delve into the intricate world of economics, aiming to decode its complex signals and understand their im...

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RBA Rate Decision – April 2017

Today Governor Lowe and the Reserve Board met, and they've kept the Cash Rate on hold at 1.5% for April 2017. Now there is a lot of commentary on the marketplace over the last month around property, and I want to get to that in a minute. Let's just quickly wrap up what's happening in terms of the world market and mainly the US. We did see the Cash ...

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RBA Rate Decision – March 2017

Today Governor Lowe and the Board met, and they kept the cash rate on hold at 1.5% for another month. Now it was an interesting February in regards to what's been happening globally, and I want to talk about that story because we start to see GDP numbers from around the globe starting to be reported. Let's start with the US. We saw some very good ...

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RBA Rate Decision – February 2017

At the first board meeting of 2017, the Reserve Governor and the Board met and they've kept interest rates on hold. It's been a while since we last caught up you know. We last met in December so there's been a lot of data that I've wanted to share with you and talk through, and a lot of developments that have been happening in the housing market. ...

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RBA Rate Decision – December 2016

So much to talk about in this December Rates Announcement! Firstly, we'll start with interest rates on hold at 1.50%. The Reserve Governor and the Board met and kept rates on hold. Now, what's fascinating is if we had have waited another day, when our GDP numbers came out in Australia, we could have seen a different result. As you know, there's so...

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