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High interest rates are not bad news for everyone. Just ask savers, importers and Australians heading overseas

Written by: Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University

It is a universally acknowledged truth that interest-rate rises are always a bad thing for the average Australian household.

They are just a punitive form of economic medicine we have to take from time to time, on the say-so of the Reserve Bank of Australia - but nobody enjoys it. Except perhaps the sadistic central bankers.

And this is...

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High interest rates are not bad news for everyone. Just ask savers, importers and Australians heading overseas

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The Agency That Built a Brain, Won Everything, and Is Teaching AI What Australian Business Looks Like

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Diesel Isn't Dead, Chinese Brands Are Shaking Up Dealer Floors, and the Real Risk Buyers Aren't Seeing: An Industry Insider's Take

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Managing the Hidden Costs of Your Next Property Relocation

The search for an alternative to GDP to measure a nation's progress – the New Zealand experience

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Australian workers spend almost an hour a day administering email

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