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Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... series of confusing announcements from Trump on his tariff policies and a stream of invective directed at the US Federal Reserve, which is stubbornly refusing to cut interest rates on command. Perhaps market sentiment has become immune to these gyrations ...

How will Trump's tariffs impact the RBA?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... that the inflation picture confronting the RBA might be a little less challenging than that confronting the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and certainly the Bank of England (BoE)," Miller said. "Australia's eschewal of retaliatory measures against US tariff ...

Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... Mulino's vast experience and academic qualifications, which includes working with the World Bank and the US Federal Reserve and lecturing, look to be a point of difference that make him the ideal candidate. Neil Macdonald, the chief executive of ...

Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... identified four drivers behind elevated valuations - declining discount rates over three decades, four rounds of US Federal Reserve quantitative earnings during and after the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, lower tax rates, and more ...

Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... the House of Representatives Economics Committee. Mulino has previously consulted to the World Bank and the US Federal Reserve and is a former economic adviser to Bill Shorten and former Victorian premier Steve Bracks. He holds a PhD in economics which ...

Fed holds rates, but RBA still poised for a cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
The US Federal Reserve left interest rates on hold when it met overnight as it takes a "patient" stance while it awaits the inflationary impacts of US President Donald Trump's tariffs. The Fed noted that "uncertainty about the economic outlook has increased" ...

Economist calls for 35bps rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... Bassanese, Solomon said Bullock will want to avoid making a larger cut after the 50bps cut delivered by the US Federal Reserve in September 2024 backfired. "[US Fed chair Jerome] Powell has only seen credibility continue to erode, facing dissent at the ...

FOMC holds rates as Chalmers boasts 'our inflation is lower'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... and that makes it around a third of what it was at the time of the election." Chalmers' comments come as the US Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady overnight at 4.25-4.5%. It was the first time since August 2024 the FOMC left policy unchanged. ...

Bitcoin now 7th largest global asset

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... capitalisation, according to new research from Binance Australia. However, momentum stalled in late December when the US Federal Reserve scaled back its planned 2025 rate cuts from four to two, triggering a sharp correction, wiping out US$500 billion ...

JBWere partners to launch fixed income funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... record $6.26 billion to managed fixed income funds in the first half of the year," Saadie said. "Now, with the US Federal Reserve easing and inflation moderating, there is a timeliness to clients having access to expertly managed portfolios that deliver ...