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ECB drops interest rates to 3.75%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... key ECB interest rates based on an inflation outlook, the dynamics of underlying inflation, and the strength of monetary policy transmission, the bank's Governing Council said overnight, adding that "it is now appropriate to moderate the degree of ...

Inflation debate: Older Australians accused of driving crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... have to "take the specifics on notice" but that her understanding is that, in nominal terms, they are. On whether monetary policy could be used to curb this, Bullock outlined there are three monetary policy channels and the channel that most effects ...

Principal Finisterre launches new debt fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
... need for cash and defensive assets. This allows us to respond quickly to market changes such as elections and monetary policy shifts," he said. ​ "Any unexpected shock to risk assets would be expected to reverberate through EMD as we saw in volatile ...

RBA hints another rate rise could be on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... placed significant weight on the downside risks to consumption," the RBA minutes said. Allen said the Statement on Monetary Policy noted that a judgement had been used to lower household consumption compared to what the models suggested, based on household ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... Electricity rebates may alleviate headline inflation but will drive spending elsewhere. This risks working against monetary policy." What's missing The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said its calls to fix the problems with the CSLR, ASIC ...

Discover the best performing asset class of 2023: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... tech and AI-related opportunities. Mercer said confidence in risky assets increased with the prospect of easing monetary policy in 2024. In second place, international equities (hedged) posted a 21.7% return. The hedged returns were slightly lower due ...

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 ...
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