Sean Alma

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436 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 7 May

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FEAR & GREED | Business News · RBA hikes rates; Westpac sold-off; EV sales surge · 5 May 2026 podcast

The Reserve Bank expects underlying inflation will remain above the target level for a little while yet.

It is also worried about second round effects from fuel costs on prices of goods and services.

Bullock said the longer the war in the Middle East goes on, the worse the trade-off between higher inflation and lower economic growth.

She warned that even if the Iran war was resolved overnight, the after effects of the conflict, including the surging price of oil, will be felt for the rest of this year.

Now, the board says risks are tilted to the upside, which is Reserve Bank speak for saying the board has a bias towards lifting again.

Sure is.

Among the large caps, the banks were flat or lower.

The miners were mixed, as were the big supermarkets.

Wesfarmers, CSL and Goodman Group all had bad days.

Lots of uncertainty.

No one's quite sure where this goes next.

One asset class that has done remarkably well is cryptos, and particularly Bitcoin.

It pushed above $80,000 a unit for the first time since January over the past 24 hours.

Throughout the Middle East conflict, Bitcoin has been incredibly resilient.

It's actually performing more like a less risky asset class.

So that is somewhat surprising, I think, because I

It's a very risky asset class.

Anyway, the Aussie dollar, it rose slightly after the Reserve Bank announcements, trading just under 72 US cents, three-year government bonds, trading around 4.68%.

So that suggests over three years, that's what the bond traders think the cash rate will be.

So therefore, they reckon there's a pretty good chance of another rate hike soon.

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