M ALEX DUNNIN OUTLOOK
It's time to reset ourselves for another year. But first, let's appreciate how much things improved during the 2023 calendar year, albeit knowing some things did get worse.
Inflation ended 2022 on a peak of 7.8% before beginning to come off the boil as it finished 2023 at just below 5%. Nevertheless, because our Reserve Bank took too long to raise the cash rate in the first place to fight inflation, it meant that the cash rate finished the year higher than where it started: 3.10% at the end of 2022 compared with 4.35% at the end of