22/09/2026
The RBA just admitted it never modelled what cutting government spending would do to inflation.
Not once.
Every rate decision over the last few years has landed on the kitchen tables of mortgage holders. Families tightened the belt. Small business owners wore the higher repayments. The message was always that interest rates were the tool we had to use.
Meanwhile the other big lever was sitting right there, and nobody tested it.
I spent 20 years in data and commercial negotiation with some of the biggest retailers in the world. If I'd walked into one of those meetings having only modelled one side of the deal, I'd have been shown the door.
If you're buying property right now, this matters. Rates could stay higher for longer than a lot of people expect, so your plan needs to work even if the cuts don't come. That's why I stress test every purchase against the numbers and not the headlines.
Are you banking on rate cuts next year? Tell me in the comments where you land.