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Australia’s cost-of-living super squeeze
Australians are being squeezed on all sides. Paul Bloxham has referred to this as a “super-squeeze” and Sam Tsiaplis has noted that people have higher inflation expectations now than they did during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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RBA in ‘pause mode’, expected to keep rates unchanged
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s Monetary Policy Board is expected to hold the policy interest rate unchanged today, as they wait to see the full impact of previous decisions.
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The price of power: Electricity pricing for a cleaner and fairer energy future
Presented on Tuesday 2 June 2026 at the University of Melbourne, the 2026 Downing Public Lecture features Professor Meredith Fowlie (UC Berkeley) examining the critical role of electricity pricing in shaping a cleaner and more equitable energy future.
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Consumer inflation expectations fell in June
The expected inflation rate (30-per-cent trimmed mean measure) fell by 0.1 percentage points in June to 5.5 per cent.
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Homeownership twice as hard for casual workers, research finds
There's multiple reasons outside of smaller wages that make it hard for casual workers to buy a house, says Dr Inga Lass.
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Monthly inflation fell in May
The Melbourne Institute Monthly Inflation Gauge recorded a fall in May, after consecutive rises in the previous two months.
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Per capita expansion continued in the December quarter
Our third and final nowcast for the March quarter is for growth of 0.4 per cent. This is 0.1 percentage points lower than last month. It appears that the conflict in the Middle East will impinge on growth in the June quarter to a far greater extent.
