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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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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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RBA Cash Rate September 2022: From Trough to Peak: How Bad Is Today’s Market?

Across the globe, the inflation story continues to unfold and trade tensions between Russia and the Eurozone simmer. We see oil prices and energy suppliers shifting which leaves the question: How will it impact Australia?  Back home the Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted rates for the fifth consecutive month by 50 basis points, bringing ...

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RBA Cash Rate August 2022: Inching Closer to a Neutral Cash Rate!

As we welcome in a new financial year, we welcome another not-so-surprising change. The Reserve Bank of Australia has once again lifted the cash rate by 50 basis points, bringing the official rate to 1.85%. This marks the most aggressive rate rise in a 3-month period since 1994 (If you’re wondering, back then the RBA lifted the cash rate by...

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RBA Cash Rate July 2022: Yet Another Cash Hike BUT Why Consumer Sentiment is not as bad as it seems?

And just like that, we’re back with another jam-packed economic and RBA update!   This month saw the RBA lift cash rates by yet another 50 basis points, bringing the official cash rate to 1.35% - the biggest month-on-month increase in 22 years and the highest cash rate since early June 2019. Tune in as Ben unpacks this new cash r...

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RBA Cash Rate June 2022: Onwards & Upwards: How high will interest rates go?

The temperatures are dropping, the end of the financial year is nigh and the Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to lift cash rates for the second consecutive month.   The official cash rate has now been lifted by 50 basis points - the biggest rate hike in 22 years - and now sits at 0.85%. The question now remains: How high can we e...

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RBA Cash Rate May 2022: Cash Rate to 0.35% – Find out what’s next here!

As we speed through the first half of 2022, we’re back with another announcement from the Reserve Bank of Australia!   The RBA’s May update is not only packed with global economic news from growing energy and grain prices to the continued invasion of Ukraine and China’s hard lockdowns but sees the RBA raise interest rates for the fir...

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RBA Cash Rate April 2022: An Invasion, a Mandate and a Federal Budget… What does this mean for you?

Another month, another cash rate! A lot has been happening both internationally and domestically over the past month. The Russia-Ukraine war continues, the floods in QLD & NSW, the release of the Federal Budget 2022/23 and heaps more.   If you’re interested in understanding who the winners and losers of the Federal Budget 2022/2...

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RBA Cash Rate March 2022: When Will We Have The First Rate Rise?

There’s a lot happening in the world since Ben’s previous RBA update and unfortunately, there’s not a lot of great news out there from a geopolitical point of view. Here are the key themes for this month’s economic update: What does Russia's invasion of Ukraine mean for the global economy?When will the first rate rise be?How will the...

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Inflation hits the property market

Ben appeared on Sky News Business Weekend with Ross Greenwood to chat about property owners and buyers face a dilemma with the prospect of higher interest rates taking the edge off price rises. ...

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RBA Cash Rate February 2022: Biggest Sure Bet Prediction for Property this year

It’s the first RBA Announcement of the year so there are lots to catch up on folks! The last update was exactly two months ago and a LOT has happened since then (take the inflation rate for example!) so tune in for some jam-packed economic update. Here are the key themes for this month’s economic update: The global Omicron wave of th...

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What is Negative Gearing and Why It’s NOT a Strategy?

This video is part of our Negative Gearing video series. You're currently watching Video 1. Video 2: Labor's Negative Gearing Policy Blunders (Part 1) - Watch here Video 3: Labor's Negative Gearing Policy Blunders (Part 2) - Watch here Transcript: Hello, Ben Kingsley here. There's a lot of discussion and debate around property at the moment and N...

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RBA Cash Rate Decision – May 2019

At the May board meeting, Governor Lowe and the Reserve Board — well, I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall here because I'm sure this would have been a serious consideration—  but they kept the cash rate on hold. That's right. For the 34th consecutive month, the cash rate is going to remain on hold. Now, does that mean that we're...

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