03/11/2025
Exactly …
As the RBA prepares to announce its next cash rate decision tomorrow, we want to question the measures guiding those decisions.
The RBA continues to calibrate monetary policy against data that no longer reflects the real structure of our economy. Energy and housing costs aren’t being driven by excess demand - they’re being driven by systemic undersupply.
⚡️ Energy: A shift toward renewables without replacement capacity has left the market short.
🏠 Housing: Constrained credit, restrictive planning, and insufficient delivery have done the same.
Holding or lifting rates in response to these “price pressures” mistakes cause for effect. These aren’t signs of overheating - they’re symptoms of policy-induced scarcity.
You can’t fix a supply problem by suppressing demand. And yet, that’s exactly what we’re doing.
It’s time to stop measuring the economy by outdated levers - and start confronting the structural failures beneath it.