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Showing 261 - 270 of 2020 results for "RBA"

Risk of recession growing: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
AMP chief economist Shane Oliver says the risk of recession is rising alongside the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) rate increases. Earlier in the week, the Australian share market rallied following the decision by US lawmakers to raise the debt ...

Inflation rises to 6.8%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... (ABS), exceeded economist predictions of 6.4%, and shows inflation is still sitting above the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target. Higher fuel prices have been attributed to the rise following the halving of the fuel excise tax in April 2022 ...

It's painful, but it's working: Lowe

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... Reflecting on the board's decision to increase the cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85% last month, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe says so far, the strategy is working. Lowe told the Senate economics committee this morning that ...

Fitch gives Labor budget AAA rating

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... and buoyant commodity prices, combined with spending restraint." Fitch also weighed in on the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision and said it believed the tightening cycle is at the end. "We believe that the RBA has reached the end of its tightening ...

Reserve Bank is done at 3.85%: CBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has admitted more interest rate rises might be on the horizon depending on how the economy and inflation track, but CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman believes an increase next month is unlikely. In the minutes ...

VanEck launches US bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... attractive opportunity for Australian investors to target the high yields of short dated US treasury securities given the RBA cash rate is lower." Currently, short-term treasury bond yields are higher than longer-term yields as an inverted yield curve ...

Absolute-return bond funds fail ambitious returns: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... income strategies. However, Morningstar found that the PM Capital Enhanced Yield, with a goal of achieving 1.5%-2% above the RBA cash rate via a low degree of volatility and minimal risk to its capital, is the only strategy that passed its heatmap test. ...

abrdn chief economist rejoins Reserve Bank

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... economist for 10 years. Lawson has been appointed deputy head of the international department at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), effective August 1. He began his career at the RBA in 2001 before serving as a senior economist at PNB Paradis, deputy ...

Economic stimulus unlikely in budget: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
While the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is focused on cooling inflation, it's unlikely the May budget will look to boost the economy, Commonwealth Bank's Gareth Aird tells Financial Standard. Some were stumped this week after the RBA sent ...

Reserve Bank raises cash rate to 3.85%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has opted to increase the cash rate target to 3.85%. Meeting today, the RBA board chose to go with a 25 basis point increase, and also increased the rate paid on Exchange Settlement balances by 25 basis points to ...