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Stagflation: What should we expect?

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2022 conference, a panel of economic experts shared their views on the current stagflationary environment. "Inflation's certainly here to stay in the near term," QIC chief ...

OECD projects sharp growth deceleration

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
... reach levels not seen since the 1970s." Into 2023, the OECD anticipated that core inflation would remain at or above central bank target ranges in many major economies, however, cost pressures should start to ease because of rising interest rates. OECD ...

Reserve Bank shocks with hawkish 50bp increase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to increase the cash rate target by 50 basis points to 85 basis points. The central bank also raised the interest rate on exchange settlement balances by 50 basis points to 75 basis points. At its meeting today ...

Reserve Bank tipped to hike rates again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... have had their say about tomorrow's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decision, the vast majority anticipate the central bank to jack up cash rates. A Finder survey has said that 86% of its expert panelists believe the cash rate will change tomorrow ...

Relax rate expectations: Franklin Templeton

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
The investment manager believes the market's current interest rate expectations are too aggressive. In its latest review of the outlook for inflation and monetary policy, Franklin Templeton said it remains of the view that the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... Reserve's aggressive stance and that volatility would ensue. Miller said: "The Fed is engaged in the most delicate of central bank high-wire acts: charting a path between getting inflation back toward target without tipping the economy into recession." ...

RBA outlines next phase of bond purchase program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
Having raised the cash rate earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has decided not to reinvest the proceeds from bonds as they mature from the bank's portfolio. This decision by the RBA is indicative of a new quantitative tightening ...

Risk asset volatility guaranteed: Western Asset

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
Geopolitical developments and central bank tightening have made risk asset volatility a surety this year, according to Franklin Templeton's specialised investment managers Western Asset. However, Western Asset has said that despite geopolitical turbulence ...

US inflation wavers near a 40-year high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
The US inflation rate has fallen to 8.3%, but the Consumer Price Index continues to flirt with catastrophic 40-year highs. The index also revealed that costs had risen by a monthly rate of 0.3% in April after having risen 1.2% in March. This decline ...

US Federal Reserve enacts biggest rate hike in 22 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
... debate over whether the Fed is already in the realm of a policy mistake." "It is now engaged in the most delicate of central bank high-wire acts." Miller added that the Fed may have let inflationary expectations escape the realm of being within its ability ...