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Some people tout meal kit 'hopping' as a way to save on groceries, but it's important to make sure you're not blowing out your weekly budget.

The Reserve Bank has shocked the nation by holding the cash rate at 3.85%—but more cuts are potentially still on the cards in 2025.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has held the cash rate at it July meeting - could we still be in for further cuts this year?

The RBA is expected to hand down its fourth cash rate decision of the year tomorrow, with a third cut widely tipped, bringing the cash rate down to 3.60%.

Three of Australia’s big four banks are forecasting that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will choose to cut the national cash rate by 25 basis points at its July 2025 meeting, bringing the national cash rate to 3.60%.

ANZ’s economics team has brought forward its RBA rate cut forecast, now tipping the next move will come on Tuesday.

Many Australians are potentially missing out on hundreds of dollars in interest by sticking with dud savings accounts.

ANZ has today cut its 1- to 5- year fixed rates by up to 0.35 percentage points ahead of next week’s RBA Monetary Policy Board meeting.

Australians squirrelled away an extra $6.3 billion in the month of May, as savers now stare down the barrel of another potential RBA cash rate cut.

Westpac’s economic team has today announced it now expects the RBA to cut the cash rate at the end of the central bank’s next meeting in 12 days’ time.

A range of changes will take effect from Tuesday, 1 July, as the new financial year brings updates to policies, prices, thresholds and eligibility rules.

Big four bank, NAB, has today cut the rate on its Reward Saver account by 0.05 percentage points, according to our rate tracking.

Some private hospital policies have increased by more than three times the government-approved average increase, according to new research

From 10 June 2025, BNPL products fall under the same laws that apply to credit cards and personal loans. Here's what it means for you.

Australia’s biggest home loan lender, CBA, has today cut its lowest investor variable rate down to a competitive 5.69%.

Seven lenders are now offering fixed rates from 4.99% as banks plate up sub-5 per cent rates in a bid to get more borrowers to lock in their rates.

Australia’s total credit card debt accruing interest has dropped below $18 billion in April, Canstar analysis of RBA data shows.

The cost of car insurance has risen by almost 6% over the past year, but drivers could save, on average, $692 by switching to a new provider

Three of Australia’s biggest banks have dropped variable rates today following the RBA’s May cash rate decision.

CBA has announced it will take the axe to its fixed rate home loans tomorrow by up to 0.40 percentage points across all fixed terms.