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Guy Debelle resigns from RBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... "I would like to thank Guy for his outstanding service to the RBA over many years. He has made major contributions to monetary policy, to financial market operations and to the management of the bank. Guy has been a great colleague and I wish him all ...

Learn to live with inflation: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... mostly driven by supply side and that diagnosis is important in that it has implications for, frankly, the relevance of monetary policy in particular." Adding to the discussion, BlackRock Australia's head of fixed income Craig Vardy said locally ...

Chief economist: Is this a buy op?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... confidence and consumption and, by extension, company earnings and investment returns. Expectations for an RBA tightening of monetary policy (if it eventuates) would compound the downward pressure on domestic economic growth. Indeed, along with supply-chain ...

Chief economist: Thank you, Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... all stand back and consider the broader scheme of things, it is the actual/expected/planned withdrawal of fiscal and monetary policy stimulus measures that are creating the current correction in equity and bond markets. Central banks and governments ...

Big tech, interest rates dominate reporting season

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... and services, and healthcare products," he said. Global debt reached US$226 trillion at the end of 2020, International Monetary Fund statistics show, growing 256% year on year as a result of the pandemic. The consequences of unprecedented economic stimulus ...

Future Fund now over $200bn

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... the effect these will have on asset prices," he said. "We have come through a period of exceptional stimulation through monetary policy. "This policy will have to come to an end. The adjustment will be significant." Costello added that the board's focus ...

Tasmania leads economic recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... marked a 32-year high. "Australia's state and territory economies are in solid shape, well supported by strong fiscal and monetary stimulus. Unemployment rates are historically-low across much of the nation," James said. "Labour is in short supply across ...

Federal Reserve mulls central bank digital currency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... provide a safe, digital payment option, it may also have downsides. "They include how to ensure a CBDC would preserve monetary and financial stability as well as complement existing means of payment," the Fed said. "Other key policy considerations include ...

Macquarie AM reveals outlook for 2022

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... concerns front and centre for investors and policymakers alike. "It will also be a year of synchronised tightening of monetary policy and further rapid progress on the energy transition." Examining the lasting effects of the pandemic, Macquarie Asset ...

Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... through several mutations - most notably, Alpha, Delta and now Omicron - each bringing fresh challenges and fiscal and monetary and social responses. The year 2020 brought lockdowns and social restrictions that, in turn, sent many (if not most) global ...