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Oct 24, 2023

Somehow, according to the logic of the major economists, including those who work for the
Reserve Bank, we may need to put up interest rates again to quell key inflationary pressures
like residential rents and petrol prices.


As most of you will know, the Reserve Bank is obsessed with bringing down the rate of
inflation.


And they’ve searched through their list of policies and possibilities – and come up with the
brilliant concept that, if you increase the interest rates of one third of Australian households –
the ones that have mortgages – somehow inflation will miraculously come down.


So, Plan A is to put up interest rates.