The Reserve Bank could hold off on a February rate cut even if underlying inflation is lower than it expects, a move that would reverberate among mortgaged households and could undermine the federal government's electoral fortunes. But the minutes suggest a rate cut is not assured even if December inflation is low using the Reserve Bank's favoured "underlying" measure, which …
Before she set off the chain of events that would reduce the Reserve Bank reforms to a smoking wreckage, Governor Michele Bullock gave a nervous laugh. Hawks and doves The six-month comment may have been meant to reassure "hawks" who believed the Reserve Bank had been too soft, leaving inflation stuck around 4 per cent. When his old boss Wayne …
A bill before Nevada lawmakers would mandate that justices of the peace in Nevada who are not members of the State Bar, such as former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore, now a Justice of the Peace in Pahrump, be required to pass a test intended for law students. They assume that the person presiding over their criminal case has …
