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US inflation hits one-year low

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... Silvia Dall'Angelo said CPI figures confirmed a downward trend in inflation, largely endorsing the Fed's baseline monetary policy trajectory. "According to the Fed's latest dot plot, the policy rate will peak at just north of 5%. However, as inflation ...

Australian equities to outperform in 2023: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... Australian equities," Neiron explained. "With mortgages being mostly variable we expect a quicker transmission of monetary policy to the economy. We forecast the RBA cash rate to peak at 3.85% with the Australian 10-year yield to remain around the current ...

World Bank warns of a sharp global growth decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
... investment growth need to be tailored to country circumstances but they always start with establishing sound fiscal and monetary policy frameworks and undertaking comprehensive reforms in the investment climate."

RBA set to lift the cash rate again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... RBA's most recent meeting minutes policymakers agreed that 'acting consistently would support confidence in the monetary policy framework.' Therefore, having hiked by a quarter-point last meeting, and with the market pricing in such a hike this time ...

Regional commercial real estate to run hot: REIA

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... considerations for the operating environment of the commercial practitioner, including: regional migration, sustainability, monetary policy and construction costs, supply and automation, and technology. Off the back of these findings, REIA found that ...

Super assets decline despite contributions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... quarter of negative quarterly ROR, as investment markets have suffered losses predominantly due to tightening monetary policy by many central banks globally, continuing uncertainty largely related to the conflict in Ukraine, pressures from disrupted ...

ASIC probes super fund, investment manager greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... entities regulated by ASIC." Longo said central banks "now suggest that climate policy sits alongside fiscal and monetary policy, as the third pillar of macro-economic policy." ASIC's strategy has three features - enforcing existing laws, including ...

Future Fund proves resilience to market shocks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... reducing asset prices and introducing much more volatility." "Looking ahead, key issues will be the extent of monetary policy tightening required to achieve inflation targets, how markets will respond to tightening measures, and the impact of fiscal ...

RBA downplays exchange rate inflationary impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... adopted by the major advanced economies in response to the global financial crisis. "Meanwhile, the RBA eased monetary policy from late 2011 because of weaker economic conditions. However, from around 2016, the Bank was balancing the case for a faster ...

CPI rises despite Fed rate hikes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... inflation is forecast to rise from 4.7% in 2021 to 8.8% in 2022 but to decline to 6.5% in 2023 and to 4.1% by 2024." "Monetary policy should stay the course to restore price stability, and fiscal policy should aim to alleviate the cost-of-living pressures ...