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Inflation slows, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... to the RBA changing its current rate cut timeline, and our position is unchanged on the likely cadence of no further rate cuts until later in the year and the rate-cutting cycle to be a shallow one overall."

RBA forecasting has been 'terrible': Yarra Capital Management

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... monetary policy, arguing that a delayed rate cut has little to no effect. The firm had predicted at least two interest rate cuts in Australia in 2024, however the RBA failed to deliver a single one, instead handing down a "cautious" cut at the first ...

RBA 'not committed' to further rate cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has confirmed it considered leaving interest rates on hold last month, but ultimately concluded the arguments for a cut were more weighted. However, despite deciding to deliver the interest rate relief, the central ...

Global tariffs to spike under Trump: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... So, more issuance, higher interest rates," she said. "From an investment perspective, that means you might be getting rate cuts at the short end, but there's a limit to how much longer-term interest rates can go down, because they are going to be ...

RBA delivers 'cautious' cut, road ahead unclear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... has a different forecast, expecting three more cuts this year. "Our base case is for the RBA to deliver further 25bp rate cuts in May, August and November for an end year cash rate of 3.35%. The near-term risk sits with another rate reduction in April ...

Why the RBA should not cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... Trobe Financial head of investments and product David Tagg agreed that the RBA has a case for holding off on interest rate cuts. Tagg said he thinks the RBA could "afford to wait" before beginning the cutting cycle but added that the central bank is ...

Global X launches Russell 2000 ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... the US economy. He also said that the index usually performs during rate cut cycles. "Whenever there's interest rate cuts, the biggest impact is on the companies most highly leveraged, and these are usually the smaller companies who rely on borrowings ...

Wilson Asset Management launches Founders Fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
... investment, and close engagement with shareholders," Yao said. Wilson Asset Management also expects the anticipated rate cuts in 2025 to provide a tailwind for the IPO market, noting that founder-led IPO's have historically outperformed their non-founder ...

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

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... will be delivered in February. Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Gareth Aird - who often held the view rate cuts were further on the horizon than others - said he believes a cut will come when the RBA meets next month. "We believe [the CPI] ...

Depreciating Aussie dollar could prove opportunistic

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... the smaller end of the financial sector, especially those tied to the US market. "Any easing of inflation and interest rate cuts should bolster consumer demand for credit, and lower funding costs," Griffin said. Additionally, Griffin said the Australian ...