r/AusPropertyChat • u/Finance_With_Piyush Property Enthusiast • 3d ago

Buying & Selling Anyone else stressing about another potential RBA rate hike this November(03/11)?

With inflation still sticking around and the big banks dropping hints, it’s looking more and more likely that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) might lift the cash rate again at their November meeting(03/11)

My budget is already stretched to the absolute limit with the current mortgage repayments, and another 0.25% increase is going to hurt.

  • Are you guys fixing your rates now, or just riding it out?
  • For those renting, have your landlords already started hinting at another increase?
  • What’s the consensus here, do we think they’ll actually pull the trigger, or hold off?

Would love to hear how everyone else is preparing for this.

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u/ztrayacnt 1d ago

Yes - athlete is the key word here. He don’t know shite about running an economy.
If he is working for the best interests for the people, he would be presenting his best ideas as alternatives to what he criticises. At the moment - he aint got NOTHIN’.
Prove me wrong cob.

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u/flashi007 1d ago

Do you think athletes are dumb? The bloke has a higher degree and you think he’s an idiot because he captained the wallabies? He’s well spoken and has very reasonable ideas. In this instance he’s looking to ask economists about other ways control inflation outside of rate rises. Isn’t that the best for all people? Finding out if there’s another way so families don’t continue to suffer

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u/ztrayacnt 1d ago

Plenty of athletes are thick as bricks, yes.

Yeah we can all ask questions, especially asking different people to do different things for us. Yeah, and, what will it solve? What power does he have? What influence does he have over the reserve bank? What influence does he have on the global energy markets?

Bloody nada all-round.

Nobody outside of the rugby world, let alone outside of Australia gives a shit what his background is, he is now a politician that can do bugger all "for the people".

Give me a farken break.

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u/flashi007 1d ago

I’ll just refuse to engage in a battle of wits against an unarmed comrade. 

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u/ztrayacnt 1d ago

You can’t handle hearing the truth, which is backed up with facts.

You’re there with all your hopes and dreams that Pocock will be there bringing inflation down to 2%, and petrol prices back to a dollar a litre because he has the balls to ask "the hard questions". Lol.

Prove me wrong. What’s his track record? Farken zero.

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u/snowyoz 20h ago

Look, I'd concede he seems like a decent bloke, reasonably thoughtful and intelligent, asking some decent questions on the status quo.

But... I'd also agree, that asking questions doesn't put food on the table. I welcome his challenges to the norm, but yea, I haven't heard any solutions either. I get it sounds a bit like he's just "kumbayah" but I welcome the challenge.

I just hate when it's just manufactured outrage with no solutions.

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u/ztrayacnt 11h ago

Finally, someone who realises that Pocock is all talk, and just providing hopes and dreams instead of helping people keep their roof over their heads, their cars topped up with affordable fuel and most importantly affordable food on the table.

Pocock wont and can’t do nothin. Stop thinking that he is the next messiah for Australian politics - he is nothing, except a former rugby player with multiple investment properties of his own, and no real worries in life. I am 100% certain that he does not have a mortgage either.

Prove me wrong.