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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 ...

Financial stability risks escalate: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... catalyst is that inflation stays high for longer than expected, requiring a larger and more persistent tightening in monetary policy than is currently reflected in financial market pricing. This would exacerbate the risk of a global recession and likely ...

China records historic trade surplus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... maintained that the overtopping of the Chinese governments 3% threshold inflation target would constrain high-profile monetary policy easing, therefore policy rate cuts are unlikely.

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... already in recession or going into recession, and if it does, will it be a shallow recession or a deep one caused by monetary policy error which is a real risk when interest rates are rising sharply?" Whichever way you cut it, this is a tough market ...

RBA lifts cash rate to 1.85%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... the RBA needs to deliver to bring inflation back under control whilst being watchful of the impact that tighter monetary policy is having on economic activity." "Inflation and unemployment data are going to be the two key data points that the RBA monitors ...

Equities challenged but opportunities are there

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... developed country central banks were late in recognising just how great a challenge inflation would prove for monetary policy. "By allowing inflation and inflation expectations to escape the realm of being within their ability to comfortably manage without ...

CPI rises, IMF lowers global outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... are expected to bite, with global growth slowing next year and inflation decelerating," the IMF said. "Tighter monetary policy will inevitably have real economic costs, but delaying it will only exacerbate the hardship." The IMF recommended that central ...

Recession a distinct possibility: Natixis

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
... surveyed thought inflation will remain persistently high. With the prospect of rising interest rates and tightening monetary policy being employed to put inflation back in the bottle, strategists ranked recession risks next on their list of concerns. ...

Treasurer announces RBA review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is instituting the first major review of the setting of monetary policy and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) since the 1990s. In the context of Australia facing a complex combination of difficult economic conditions, Chalmers ...