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Households are in a strong enough position to handle a rise in interest rates, Josh Frydenberg says, as the RBA appears to be losing patience with inflation.

RBA loses ‘patience’ on rate rise

A Reserve Bank no longer patient about raising rates helped scuttle the share market and send the Aussie dollar higher to 76 US cents.

The Reserve Bank of Australia board has left the cash rate unchanged, but warns it will be monitoring inflation and wages figures in coming months.

No-mandate poll fear

A minor gain has helped the ASX200 close above 7500 points, a little more than 100 points from a record high.

The March ANZ job advertisement series is likely to point to a further decline in the jobless rate and quicker than being predicted by the RBA and Treasury.

Mining exports to step on gas

There were no red faces after tame ASX movement on April Fools' Day, although investors may be nervous about the Reserve Bank rates forecast next week.

A Senate estimates hearing has heard higher global oil prices and supply-chain pressures are contributing to growing inflation.

Azure Capital kicks off Carnarvon selldown; Beach tipped to look

Soaring commodity prices and the prospect of higher interest rates for banks have helped the Australian share market post its best month in the past 16.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics says there were 423,500 job vacancies in February, around 200,000 more than was seen before the COVID-19 pandemic.

ANZ, Qantas in WA carbon farming push for biofuels

A seventh consecutive day of gains on the ASX has delighted investors and moved the market to just over 100 points from reaching its record high.

Telstra has announced the retirement of long-serving chief executive Andrew Penn, who will be replaced by chief financial officer Vicki Brady.

BUDGET: ‘Game changer’ $27b capex tax break killed

Technology shares and the ASX are back in vogue for investors and the market cruised to a sixth consecutive day of gains.

Repeated government promises to help households facing financial pressures have failed to lift confidence or tame inflation fears.

Cobalt hard to dislodge: Greenstone

Australia's share market had a marginal gain as investors found bond yields increasingly attractive in a rising interest rate environment.

Tuesday night's federal budget is expected to include a cut to the fuel excise as well as assistance for more first home buyers.

Fuel tax cut, $18b extra for roads, rail on way

The Australian share market has closed at its highest level in more than two months, buoyed by gains in materials, energy and utility stocks amid soaring commodity prices.

Transition from oil needs ‘logical steps’

Australian shares have kept their run higher going, while the prospect of more sanctions on Russia could dictate trading behaviour tomorrow.

Western Australian billionaires Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest have topped the list of Australia’s wealthiest 250 for 2022, with Canva founders Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht scoring a spot in the top 10.

A new survey has found employers are facing higher wage demands from candidates seeking employment.

Mining struggles to attract Gen Zs

A charmed run for the ASX has continued while one analyst is pondering whether bond investors wary of higher rates are about to end the run.

The National Skills Commission says job advertisements on the internet rose by a further 3.6 per cent in February.

ALP’s $15m pledge for the road ahead as McGowan snubs Marles