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Dimon 'cautiously pessimistic' on US economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
Despite the raging bull market, and lower inflation and unemployment levels, JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon is "cautiously pessimistic" about the US economy in 2025. Dimon said in a CBS interview that geopolitical tensions underpin his stance ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... there is an urgency for the RBA to cut rates. The tight labour market will continue to exert upward pressure on services inflation, which is more pronounced relative to the US," McCormack said. McCormack's stance differs from expectations with markets ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... and that other countries impose only minor retaliatory measures on US exports." Mousina said there is also hope that inflation will not reaccelerate and undo the positive work done during 2024 to bring it down. "We expect core inflation to slow in 2025 ...

Trump's response to global conflict adds uncertainty to private markets: IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
How the Trump administration handles geopolitical conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war and Israeli-Palestinian conflict, will inject uncertainty to private markets, according to IFM Investors' Private Markets Macro Outlook. IFM Investors chief ...

ANZ, Macquarie bring forward rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... ANZ and Macquarie have moved their interest rate cut predictions forward to February from May following last week's inflation data. ANZ head of Australian economics Adam Boyton said the bank was expecting core inflation to drop to 3.2%, down from 3.5% ...

CFS delivers 16.6% returns for growth members

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... the very strong returns from global equities as well as robust performance from Australian shares. "We believe that inflation data will continue to be volatile in 2025 so diversification and active risk management will be critical components of portfolio ...

Australian economy on the up in 2025: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... slowest growth rate in 32 years during 2024. Vanguard said this improvement will come despite the overhang of sticky inflation and elevated interest rates. Additionally, it predicts the core inflation rate will fall to 2.5% during 2025, and that the ...

Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... Investors have head into the New Year with many of the same concerns they had at the start of 2024, with interest rates and inflation to dominate once again. Last November, RBA governor Michele Bullock indicated the central bank views its settings as ...

Chalmers boasts inflation data, experts divided

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.3% in the 12 months to November 2024, but trimmed mean inflation came in at 3.2% - still tracking above the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target range of 2-3%. Speaking at a press conference ...

February rate cut unlikely after inflation data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... (up 3.2%). Partly offsetting the rise in CPI were falls in electricity (down 21.5%) and fuel (down 10.2%). "Annual CPI inflation has risen since last month, in part due to the timing of electricity rebates. In some states and territories, households ...
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