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What Yarra Capital is buying in the dip

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... while we had been expecting a drawdown in equity markets in Q3 and a decent rally in bonds, this was expedited by the US labour market triggering the Sahm rule and a poor ISM report," Toohey said. "While it's hard to argue too much that the risk of recession ...

Inflation rises but RBA hike not inevitable

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... caused rental prices to go up 2% for the quarter, following a 2.1% rise in the March 2024 quarter," Marquardt said. Higher labour and material costs drove the 1.1% rise this quarter for construction of new dwellings. The increase follows a 1.1% rise ...

Australia unlikely to tame inflation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... in May. "I thought tightening [monetary policy] was unlikely because weakness and activity growth would lead to a weaker labour market and that would allow a more confident projection of inflation toward target. "The first part of that will likely come ...

RBA needs to 'rip the band-aid off' and hike rates: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... markets Russel Chesler said it wasn't the "hail Mary pass" the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would be hoping for. " The labour market remains too strong for inflation to fall. With unemployment so low, it is really difficult to see how inflation is ...

Markets look to US rate cuts as inflation falls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has indicated that a cooling labour market has alleviated inflation pressures, signalling to investors that interest rate cuts could be on the horizon. June's US consumer price index (CPI) data revealed a rise of 3% from ...

UK government to establish national wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... Britain and make every part of our country better off. "Britain is open for business - and the work of change has begun." The Labour Party has worked with a taskforce in developing the fund, which includes former Bank of England governor Mark Carney ...

Job mobility falls for first time in three years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... back to around its pre-pandemic level, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of labour statistics Bjorn Jarvis said in the 12 months to February 2024, around 8% of employed people, or 1.1 million people, changed ...

RBA minutes confirm potential August rate hike

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
... evidence was there that inflation could return to target in a reasonable timeframe, while holding onto the gains in the labour market."

New NALE rules, AFCA's super powers passed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
... changes. "For example, an SMSF trustee undertaking a renovation on the fund's property and not charging the fund for their labour. Or administrative services being provided to APRA regulated funds at discounted rates." Formica said that ever since ...

New Zealand exits recession

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... 126,000 in 2023, according to the OECD, equating to 2% of its population of about 5.2 million. While this is helping ease labour shortages, the OECD found it has also boosted demand for housing, contributing to an annual increase of 5.1% in rents for ...