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RBA appointments prompt debate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... outgoing members Wendy Craik and Mark Barnaba. "They will help ensure the board is well equipped both to deliver monetary policy in an increasingly complex and uncertain environment and to implement the recommendations of the RBA Review," Chalmers said. ...

RBA reforms require bipartisan support: Chalmers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... infrastructure, banking, and banknote functions. Chalmers further flagged that the Statement on the Conduct of Monetary Policy will potentially be included in the RBA Act. The statement is a common understanding between the RBA governor and government ...

Global economic growth hits 20-year low: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reported a significant decrease in global economic growth, reaching a 20-year low. The IMF World Economic Outlook 2023 report said there were tentative signs in early 2023 that the world economy could achieve ...

US interest rates may go higher than expected: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
... before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee following the submittal of the semiannual monetary policy report to Congress. The report stated the US labour market remains extremely tight and to bring inflation down it will likely require ...

UHNWs wealth in decline: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... in 2022, the overwhelming trend was negative. "The fall in wealth is unsurprising given the dramatic pivot in monetary policy that culminated in the worst performance for the traditional blended portfolio since the 1930s," Knight Frank said. Europe saw ...

Unemployment rate rises to 3.7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... moment policymakers are likely to see it as good news," he said. For the RBA, it provides some confirmation that their monetary tightening isn't just slowing growth but taking some heat out of an "exceptionally tight" labour market, he added.

Downside risk dominates Australia's economic outlook: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... Bank of Australia (RBA) inflation target band (2-3%). With these risks in mind, the IMF made several fiscal and monetary policy recommendations. "Macroeconomic policies should continue to tighten in the near term, rebalancing domestic demand and supply ...

From strength to strength: GQG Partners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... past decade, it's been relatively easy for fund managers to deliver performance, Abernethy said. "Significant monetary policy has raised the tide; all boats have floated. But, when that changes, as it did through 2022; it's time for good active ...

Australian equities to outperform in 2023: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... Australian equities," Neiron explained. "With mortgages being mostly variable we expect a quicker transmission of monetary policy to the economy. We forecast the RBA cash rate to peak at 3.85% with the Australian 10-year yield to remain around the current ...

World Bank warns of a sharp global growth decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
... investment growth need to be tailored to country circumstances but they always start with establishing sound fiscal and monetary policy frameworks and undertaking comprehensive reforms in the investment climate."