The Reserve Bank of Australia this week cut rates by 25 basis points, for the second time this year, while pulling off a post-Covid economic crisis soft landing for the local economy that few central banks have been able to execute.

This week on the podcast, Rebecca Jones speaks to Bloomberg Economics’ James McIntyre about the outlook for interest rates, how that could be affected by Trump’s tariff war, and what it all means for the housing market.

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Australia’s finance industry is beset by a raft of compliance lapses, from data reporting breaches to trader misbehaviour. Macquarie was targeted yet again this week in a civil action filed by the Australian Securities & Investment Commission.

This week, Chris Bourke asks Bloomberg finance editor Adam Haigh: What’s going wrong with some of our biggest banks, and how did they fare in the latest reporting season?

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How will Australia’s newly emboldened leader deal with a White House seeking to transform the world? Listen to this special edition of the Bloomberg Australia Podcast, taped in front of a live audience at our Sydney headquarters with a panel of Bloomberg experts.

Rebecca Jones speaks with Beijing Bureau Chief Yanping Li, Washington editor Derek Wallbank, economy reporter Swati Pandey and economist James McIntyre about Anthony Albanese’s sweeping election win, and what to expect as Australia gets caught up in US President Donald Trump’s tariff war.

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