This strong-arm interest rate play comes at a time when Dr Phil Lowe is under pressure to resign after his very public call that interest rates would in all likelihood be at the very low levels seen during the pandemic start year of 2020 until 2024.

Dr Jim wants banks to become more loveable. When mortgage rates go up, why don’t banks pay savers a lot more than they do?

I can’t wait for September because by then we might see the turning point we have to have.

How nabtraders responded to higher inflation and rates this week.

While I have never been a gold bug, I do keep a close eye on the gold price. Is it time to buy gold?

The crucial news out of this inflation revelation today is what the Reserve Bank will do with interest rates after seeing these numbers.

What’s revealed locally and overseas will impact stock prices and our super, which is heavily invested in local stocks, such as CBA and other reliable businesses and dividend payers. Don’t ignore this dramatically important data!

On Thursday, Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers will give us a good talking to on the state of the economy. How tough will it be?

Will prices keep skyrocketing or can Dr Phil push the inflation genie back in the Grange bottle?

Lithium is still moving and the ANZ-Suncorp merger

The Reserve Bank thinks borrowers could cop a 3% rise in rates. Are they serious or just trying to scare us from spending?

JB Hi-Fi 'pre-released' on Tuesday, with results showing record sales and record earnings. Here are three things that I really like about JB Hi-Fi.