The reserve bank has raised interest rates again this week, taking them to a nine-year high. The rise will further increase the cost of mortgages, and hit the most vulnerable borrowers the hardest: the younger households that have struggled to get into the housing market.

Culture news editor and columnist for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, Osman Faruqi joins digital foreign editor Chris Zappone to discuss how generational inequality has become exposed by the RBA’s latest moves. 

The reserve bank has raised interest rates again this week, taking them to a nine-year high. The rise will further increase the cost of mortgages, and hit the most vulnerable borrowers the hardest: the younger households that have struggled to get into the housing market.
Culture news editor and columnist for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, Osman Faruqi joins digital foreign editor Chris Zappone to discuss how generational inequality has become exposed by the RBA’s latest moves.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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