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Powell backflips on rates pushing back RBA cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... investor confidence that the fight against inflation is entering its 'last mile' and that central banks will ease monetary policy in the coming months," the IMF said. "Expectations for inflation in major economies over the next year or two-implied by ...

Interest rate cut may not come until 2025, experts warn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... Cruise, Moody's Analytics assistant director and economist, said at the very earliest, the RBA won't loosen monetary policy settings until September. "The Reserve Bank Board will want to consider the impact of a third round of tax cuts that will ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... pointing to the effects of dispersion. When stocks tend to move together driven by the same macro drivers such as monetary policy or pandemic, it is difficult to pick the companies that outperform or namely the idiosyncratic risk that fund managers face ...

Cash rate unchanged at 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... are high, having benefited from elevated commodity prices as a commodities exporter, relatively less restrictive monetary policy and supportive fiscal policy. Wang expects to see Australian consumer sentiment moderately improve in the coming months ...

RBA anticipated to delay interest rate cuts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... with recent indications from Fed chair Jerome Powell against a March interest rate cut. Regarding today's RBA monetary policy meeting, a Finder survey of 27 economists unanimously predicted the cash rate will remain unchanged.

Australian economic growth slows, IMF maintains positive outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... above the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target range of 2-3%. In response, the RBA has significantly tightened monetary policy, raising the cash rate by 4.25% since May 2022, a measure that, while substantial, is comparatively moderate compared to ...

Government reports improved fiscal outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... fiscal strategy, which has prioritised spending restraint and capitalising on revenue upgrades, aims to complement monetary policy in reducing inflationary pressures. This approach has led to a decrease in deficits and public debt projections, with gross ...

Mild recession in 2024, higher interest rates: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... second half of 2024. "However, Vanguard research offers evidence that the neutral interest rate - the rate at which monetary policy is neither expansionary nor contractionary - has increased, driven primarily by demographics, productivity growth, and ...

RBA names new chief economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... the Bank and the leadership team." Today, Bullock and the RBA board agreed to a new Statement on the Conduct of Monetary Policy released by treasurer Jim Chalmers. This statement reaffirms the government's commitment to RBA independence, set out the ...

British banker to become RBA deputy governor

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... proposed legislation reflects the government's objective of maintaining a "world-class" central bank with a monetary policy framework capable of meeting current and future economic challenges. He added that these changes are part of the government's ...
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