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Showing 361 - 370 of 2020 results for "RBA"

Learn to live with inflation: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... from strong commodity prices and energy in general now, which we expect to remain strong. And this is all underpinned by an RBA who are very willing to let the labour market run hot to generate some wages. "We think the cash rate hiking cycle will be ...

Chief economist: Is this a buy op?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... costs, exacerbated by the US dollar's appreciation (on safe-haven buying) - could force the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) by much more than expected. Financial markets expect the RBA to lift the official cash rate by as much as 100 basis points ...

Inflation to hit ASX returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... the Australian stock market. Australian inflation peaked at almost 4% in 2021, after a decade of remaining at or below the RBA's 2-3% target range. SigTech's research found that historically the Australian stock market has achieved its greatest risk ...

Economists expect a rate rise: Finder

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
Finder's RBA cash rate survey reveals 58% of economists expects a rate rise in 2022. In this month's survey, 36 experts and economists weighed in on future cash rate moves and other issues relating to the state of the economy. While almost all ...

Tight labour market not yet producing wage growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... the rest of the Western world. He thinks this should result in more gradual price increases here than elsewhere. "For the RBA, the CPI is not all that matters. For them, higher inflation needs to get through to the wage setting process. Wages growth ...

Inflation to persist in 2022: Aviva

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... impact both sentiment and behaviours," Aviva head of investment strategy and chief economist Michael Grady said. Citing the RBA, a sustained period of inflation near the centre of the target range - about two or three quarters - is expected in the near ...

Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... the end of its quantitative easing programme. This was followed very, very soon after by the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to "discontinue the target of 10 basis points for the April 2024 Australian Government bond" at it's 2 November Board ...

RBA names head of payments policy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) promoted a longstanding employee as head of the payments policy department. Ellis Connolly has been with the RBA for over 20 years and was most recently deputy head, financial markets infrastructure in payments policy ...

Treasurer announces FIRB, RBA appointments

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... for a five-year term by the Morrison government, while Carol Schwartz is back as a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board. Kay has more than 30 years' experience in the finance sector both in executive and non-executive roles and has previously ...

Economic recap: Week to November 19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... central banks have already raised interest rates, others "tapered" their bond purchases, and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) ditched its target to keep the April 2024 Australian government bond yield at 10 basis points at its November meet. But overall ...