The Reserve Bank of Australia is heading towards being the first central bank in the world to raise rates following a post-pandemic easing cycle.

Australian unemployment unexpectedly fell in December as the economy added more jobs than anticipated, prompting traders to ...

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Australia’s jobs market has delivered a surprise boost to start the year, with the unemployment rate falling to 4.1% in ...

Fresh employment data has thrown a spanner in the works for the Reserve Bank that could keep the case for an interest rate hike in the coming months alive.

CBA and NAB are expecting the RBA will hike the cash rate by 0.25 per cent when it meets in February. (Source: AAP) Two of ...

Attacks on the US Federal Reserve’s impartiality are truly worrying. If they succeed, they could damage not just America but ...

As much as there’s a risk of a rate hike by the Reserve Bank next month, the chance of any such tightening in the near term ...

Key points65,200 jobs added in December, mostly full-time.Unemployment fell to 4.1%, the lowest since May 2025.Trend ...

The recent December 2025 Labour Force data by the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed a drop in the unemployment rate, potentially putting pressure on the RBA to hike rates at the February ...

The ASX 200 Index wavered after the latest Australian jobs report raised the possibility that the RBA will hike interest rate after jobs data ...

Thousands of Australians entered the workforce just before the new year, sending the Aussie dollar on a run higher and having ...