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'Little prospect' for RBA hike despite stubborn inflation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will almost certainly leave the policy rate unchanged when it meets next week, according to economists. GSFM investment strategist Stephen Miller said there was "little prospect" of a change in messaging from the ...

Interest rate relief unlikely 'this side of Christmas'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... adjusted CPI lifted from 3.5% to 3.6% in April, while seasonally adjusted CPI was even higher at 3.8%. Betashares chief economist David Bassanese said with consumer spending already weak, lingering inflationary pressures in Australia appear to largely ...

VFMC hires client portfolio design head

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024
... includes multi-asset portfolios, and asset consulting. She began her career with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) as an economist. VFMC said the new role is designed to enable a dedicated focus on clients within the investment team, including leading ...

Koda Capital poaches five JBWere advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024
... Koda as chief investment officer and partner. He replaced Brigette Leckie, who took on the newly created role of chief economist. Zhang spent nearly four years at legalsuper where he was chief investment officer. Leckie has been with Koda since it launched ...

RBA hints another rate rise could be on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... hike discussions in May follows the removal of that deliberation at the March board meeting," Commonwealth Bank senior economist Belinda Allen said. "Stronger economic data, including the Q1 24 CPI print, caused the rate hike discussion. Although the ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... Australians and fiscal repair, this Budget is less concerned with addressing the longer-term structural deficit," CEDA chief economist Cassandra Winzar said. "The Albanese government's second surplus, while welcome, has again been driven by higher income ...

Experts weigh in: Will the RBA hike rates again?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... case sees the RBA on hold until the November board meeting when we expect the RBA to commence an easing cycle." RSM economist Devika Shivadekar said it is likely the RBA will continue its holding cycle until it gets more inflation data in the coming ...

Men, women in same occupation drive pay gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... same periods of time. Moreover, it found that these factors are in fact "quite insignificant". Elyse Dwyer, a research economist at e61, said one potential reason for the pay gap for men and women working in the same occupation is the type of firms that ...

Super for housing 'economically reckless': SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
The Super Members Council (SMC) has warned that encouraging young Australians to use their superannuation for a house deposit could dramatically drive-up house prices and deplete their retirement savings. "We all desperately want more Australians to ...

South Australia recognised as 'economic leader'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... is losing momentum as shown by its sixth ranking on the annual rate of change across the indicators," CommSec chief economist Craig James said. In contrast, Western Australia has had the strongest economic momentum over the past two surveys, giving it ...