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Downside risk dominates Australia's economic outlook: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... peaked at around 8% in Q4 2022 and to gradually decline as near-term pressures wane, reaching the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) inflation target band (2-3%). With these risks in mind, the IMF made several fiscal and monetary policy recommendations. ...

Bonds are back: GSFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
... will be shallow - so I'm quite optimistic on US markets." Closer to home, and in contrast to the Fed, Miller believes the RBA has stumbled in its management of inflation. "I think the RBA and local rate markets continue to underestimate inflation momentum," ...

Australia likely to avoid recession: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... optimism," Oliver said. "While 2023 is likely to remain volatile, easing inflation, central banks getting off the brakes (with the RBA at or close to the peak on rates), economic growth likely stronger than feared, and improved valuations should make ...

Regulators urge ASX to maintain CHESS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
ASIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have acted to ensure the ASX keeps the current CHESS until a replacement is successfully administered. ASIC issued notices to the ASX requiring it to produce a special report regarding the ongoing operation ...

RBA bumps up cash rate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
As forecast, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted the cash rate by another 25 basis points. KPMG chief economist Brendan Rynne noted that the RBA remains concerned about the immediate economic outlook, despite confirming that its recently ...

Super system shields against macro storm: Fundie

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... we get a technical recession, I think it's incredibly hard to call from here." Yesterday the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hiked cash rates a further 25bp to 3.10%. "And it looks like they're signaling that they're going to have to put ...

RBA set to lift the cash rate again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... consecutive rate rise. Finder head of consumer research Graham Cook said it's almost certain that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will deliver another blow which could well be the final nail in the coffin for many Australian households. AMP chief ...

RBA governor cites climate, energy transition in inflation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe cited climate change and the transition to renewable energy as two of four longer-term changes to the global economy that are "likely to affect the dynamics of inflation, central bank policy and the way ...

Interest rates will jump to slay "the evil of inflation": Lowe

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
At the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board dinner, governor Phillip Lowe expressed that interest rates will need to go higher to bring inflation back to target. After a seventh straight rate rise, whereby the bank lifted the interest rate to 2.85% ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... the de facto tightening that started with rising fixed mortgage rates a year ago, the speed of Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cash rate hikes and heightened household sensitivity to rising interest rates flowing from much higher debt levels now along ...