Reserve Bank Governor reflects on ‘nirvana’

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Testimony to Parliament Reserve Bank Governor testimony: Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe spoke to the House of Representatives Economics Committee. The Reserve Bank Governor said that economic nirvana is inflation

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Reserve Bank Governor paints a positive picture

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Reserve Bank Governor speech Reserve Bank Governor speech: Governor Philip Lowe delivered a speech: “The Year Ahead”. What does it all mean? The Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has indicated

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Budget deficit is $1 billion above forecasts

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Monthly budget statement The Monthly Financial Statements for December 2019 report the budget position against the expected monthly profile for the 2019-20 financial year through to 31 December 2019, based

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Consumer spirits lift; Global optimism

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Consumer sentiment; Global economy; CBA Household spending intentions Consumer confidence: The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by 1.0 point (0.9 per cent) to 108.3 – the highest reading

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Economic optimism supports petrol prices

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Petrol Prices Petrol prices: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the weekly national average price of unleaded petrol rose by 6.4 cents to 154.4 cents a litre. After the

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Chinese economy ends 2019 on a positive note

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Chinese economic data Chinese economic growth: The Chinese economy grew at a 6.0 per cent annual rate in the year to December (forecast 6.0 per cent). Over 2019 the Chinese

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Record sharemarket lifts consumer spirits

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Consumer sentiment Consumer confidence: The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by 1.1 points (1 per cent) to 107.3 – the first lift since early December. Sentiment remains below

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Year in review – Year in preview

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Economic and financial perspectives Record expansion: Australia’s record economic expansion is now in its 29th year. Interest rates have fallen to fresh record lows; wages are growing near 2.2 per

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Frugal Aussies are making the hard choices

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Perspectives on spending Consumer trends: We are travelling less, buying fewer cars, spending more on insurance and winning the battle on high electricity and gas budgets. But we are using

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Shoppers wait for the sales; Record trade surplus

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International trade; Retail trade Retail trade: Retail trade was flat in October. The annual growth rate fell from 2.5 per cent to a 2-year low of 2.1 per cent. Foreign

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