Treasurer Jim Chalmers has pushed back at claims he has undermined the Reserve Bank as they both battle to bring down inflation.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has pushed back at claims from John Howard that the government is trying to blame the Reserve Bank for its economic troubles.

Reserve Bank boss Michele Bullock is giving medicine to a sick patient, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers needs to back in the treatment plan.

Reserve Bank boss Michele Bullock is giving medicine to a sick patient, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers needs to back in the treatment plan.

Shadow finance minister Jane Hume has hit out at Jim Chalmers after the treasurer declared rate rises were ‘smashing the economy’ in a surprise...

Michele Bullock has defended the Reserve Bank’s 13 interest rate hikes to fight inflation, arguing Australia’s most vulnerable have been hit...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has blamed successive interest rate rises for “smashing the economy”, as the government braces for more weak...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has blamed successive interest rate rises for “smashing the economy”, as the government braces for more weak...

Jim Chalmers has acknowledged there's tension between fiscal and monetary policy, but argues the government and the central bank have the same...

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says higher interest rates are smashing Australia's economy, but he won't be drawn on the Reserve Bank's next move.