Monetary policy trade-offs are getting worse. The Reserve Bank of Australia is confronting rising inflation and downgraded growth forecasts. And there's nothing it can really do about it.

The Reserve Bank has pushed ahead with another interest rate rise, lifting the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.35 per cent as it battles to prevent surging fuel costs from embedding higher inflation ...

Most economists are forecasting the Reserve Bank of Australia will lift the cash rate for the third time this year, wiping out last year’s cuts.

Inflation had picked up materially in the second half of 2025, and the conflict in the Middle East had resulted in sharply higher fuel and commodity prices.

The Reserve Bank is expected to take a more 'hawkish tone' at its final cash rate meeting of the year in a few days time. Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Belinda Allen expects the RBA ...

Alongside Tuesday's decision to cut the cash rate by 0.25 of a percentage point to 3.6 per cent, the Reserve Bank released its latest insights into the economic, and therefore interest rate, outlook.

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) central bankers pondered rate hikes in 2026 to combat tenacious inflation at their recent December policy-session, meeting minutes released Tuesday show. "Regarding ...