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Inflation: Cost-pushed and demand-pulled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... nor pulled higher by increased demand (due to rising employment and economic growth overall). Cost pushed. The Australian dollar's appreciation has reduced the costs of imported raw materials and, at the same time, cheapened "not made in Australia" products ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... 'Statement on Monetary Policy'. To wit: "The exchange rate is another source of uncertainty for the forecasts. The Australian dollar has appreciated by 5% on a trade-weighted basis since the May Statement, and by 7% against the US dollar. This has been ...

Cheaper imports

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... that would, in turn, lead to even lower inflation. The text of his speech did not contain any reference to the Australian dollar - the recent appreciation of which would add to the challenge for the RBA in "delivering Australians an average rate of inflation ...

Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... unwinding its balance sheet (potentially in September), the US central bank's more dovish tone reversed the Australian dollar's direction, sending it back up above US$0.80 overnight. The Fed's change of tone sent the US dollar index to its lowest level ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... the RBA's hawkish leaning. But in parallel with current developments in the UK (except for the appreciating Australian dollar), the RBA's reaction would not and should not be dictated by one set of inflation numbers. Else, the butcher, the baker or the ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... of the 4 July RBA meeting - particularly, the minutes' reference to a 3.5% neutral cash rate - reversing the Australian dollar's upward run. "...the current (nominal) cash rate setting of 11/2% today is not as expansionary as a cash rate of 11/2% would ...

Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... extrapolating as we go. After projected to fall to US$0.70 (or less) only last month, the tide has turned for the Australian dollar after it jumped to a 26-month high versus the greenback to US$0.7933. It's now extrapolated to keep on rising to US$0.80 ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
It seemed so long ago now that a "bag the Aussie dollar" campaign was what we read in financial media. The Australian dollar was trading at about US$0.75 then, it closed at US$0.7832 on 14 July and is currently trading at US$0.78. It's exactly two months ...

EOFY: Super funds to hit double digit returns

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... high compared to lowering returns being delivered by bond markets in a rising interest rate environment. The 3% Australian dollar movement and difficulty investment managers have in accessing index returns will detract from these headline index outcomes ...

Currency and managing volatility: Financial Standard spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... enough to implement quick changes across client bases. The State Street Global Equity Fund is optimised from an Australian dollar investor base through its Dynamic Strategic Hedging programme (DSH). Rather than choosing the fund to be unhedged or fully ...