Economic News

Ellis Connolly, the Reserve Bank's Head of Payments Policy Department, is scheduled to take part in a fireside chat at the AFIA conference in Sydney on 20 October 2026, less than three weeks after card surcharges were removed and interchange caps lowered.

In its latest assessment of ASX's clearing and settlement facilities, the Reserve Bank said the exchange operator's Transformation Portfolio offers a route to the standard expected of critical market infrastructure, but only if it is delivered effectively.

Two ASX facilities moved up a notch on operational risk in the Reserve Bank's September assessment, yet the central bank went out of its way to say the change did not signal a broader improvement in how ASX manages that risk.

The brief for Australia's redesigned $5 note asks the eventual artwork to reflect the overturning of terra nullius and how it shaped a positive future for First Nations peoples, under a theme of Connection to Country.

The Reserve Bank is scheduled to release its Annual Report 2026 on Thursday afternoon and the overview and draft papers from its 2026 conference on monetary policy trade-offs on Friday morning, opening a fortnight of scheduled appearances and data before the 3 November rate …

Assistant Governor Christopher Kent is scheduled for a television interview on Sunday 18 October and a conference fireside chat the following morning, both scheduled after the September rate rise and the release of that meeting's minutes.

A jump in fuel prices is a one-off hit at the bowser until it starts leaking into the price of everything else, and that leakage is one of the risks the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) flagged when it lifted the cash rate to …