Black Friday sales before Christmas contributed to price falls in furniture, footwear and clothing, suggesting some of the price relief may only be temporary.

The Reserve Bank says inflation is "too high", but that doesn't mean it will necessarily rush to raise interest rates next ...

Reserve bank will not find any reason in the new figures to cut rates next month, but the unexpected lower rate should prevent an increase ...

Beneath the surface, household demand appears far more resilient than the RBA had anticipated. Consumer spending has surged ...

The central bank now faces a delicate balancing act. Two of the big four banks – NAB and CBA – are tipping a rate hike next ...

Headline inflation has come in lower than expected. But will that mean an interest rate reprieve? Not necessarily, economists say.

Inflation cooled in November, with the consumer price index rising 3.4 per cent over the year, down from 3.8 per cent a month earlier. Some economists continue to forecast a February rate hike, ...

Anyone hoping for lower mortgage repayments this year may want to think again. Economists say inflation remains too high for the Reserve Bank to consider cutting rates anytime soon, despite early ...

A senior official at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has said the recent slowdown in consumer price inflation is a ...