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RBA cut all but certain: Experts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... the cash rate at its August meeting with potentially a further cut later in the year if the trends in CPI and the labour market continue to ease. Investors looking to lock in high fixed rate returns in bonds should act quickly as yields are likely to ...

Economic growth has 'moderated': CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... combination of slowing inflation, falling interest rates, rising real wages, robust government spending and a solid labour market. "But economic growth has moderated, held back by slowing public investment, population growth and household spending. The ...

Treasury opens consult on non-compete reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... hurt the affected workers, but also the entire economy. Improved job mobility promotes a flexible, more dynamic labour market, by improving the allocation of labour to more productive firms."

Bullock reaffirms RBA's 'gradual easing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... closely linked, so the focus is on bringing inflation down in a relatively gradual way so as to limit the easing in labour market conditions. "Much of the rebalancing of demand and supply in the labour market that has occurred in recent years has been ...

Unemployment data throws 'curveball' at RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... August. "Movements in the unemployment rate tend to be less volatile and so can provide a better underlying read of labour market strength. On that score, the rise in the unemployment rate to 4.3% is disappointing and may suggest the economy is finally ...

Instos turn to risk as volatility lessens: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... bonds, as well as the Australian dollar. "Domestic economic and earnings fundamentals are relatively strong, as labour market continues to show strong signs of growth while wages steadily increase," Veitmane continues. "Furthermore, the Labour Party's ...

RBA delivers 'confounding' rates decision

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... "It's a difficult balancing act for the RBA - they would love to give households and businesses a boost, yet the labour market remains resilient and inflation risks, while lower, still exist." Betashares chief economist David Bassanese said the decision ...

Improved economy not a guarantee of business success

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... "However, there are green shoots - we are firmly within a rate-cutting cycle, inflation appears to be under control, the labour market is relatively resilient, and the results of the recent federal election provide for policy certainty, which should ...

Resilient job market reduces rate cut probability: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... remained unchanged, experts are becoming less optimistic we'll see many more rate cuts this year. The Australian labour market remained robust in May, with the unemployment rate sitting at 4.1%, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows. "Despite ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... the downside amid the ongoing trade war, several factors are keeping Eurozone growth resilient, including a solid labour market, robust balance sheets, and easing financial conditions. "A pull-forward of activity ahead of the US tariffs has also buoyed ...