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US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Global markets are preparing for potential fallout after the US conducted strikes with B-2 Stealth Bombers on three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend and has since claimed the attacks "obliterated" Iran's nuclear capabilities. IG market analyst ...

Resilient job market reduces rate cut probability: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... dialled down chances of a July rate cut from 81% to 76%, AMP still believes the economy needs a boost from easier monetary policy and predicts there will be a cut in July, followed by more in August, November and February next year.

King's honours list recognises excellence in super, finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... currently a director at the Australian Retirement Trust and member of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) Monetary Policy Board. As an expert in governance in the private and public sector, Charles Macek has served on the board of Emergency Services ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... mainly reflect lower assumptions for energy prices and a stronger euro," said the Governing Council, which oversees monetary policy. Trade tensions sparked by Liberation Day, however, could throw a spanner in the works and derail its projections. "A ...

Allan Gray exposes 'hateful eight' bubble threat

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... to have led to significant market dislocation and stretched fundamentals. Trade tensions, populist politics and monetary policy have become front-of-mind distractions, shifting attention away from long-term fundamentals," Mawhinney said. Notably, that ...

RBA cut expected, but then what?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... board will continue to put more weight on the domestic flow of data rather than international developments in the monetary policy setting process." Zenith head of asset allocation Damien Hennessy agrees that while the situation with the US has caused ...

Fed holds rates, but RBA still poised for a cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... is concerned at repeating the mistakes of the 1970s 'stagflation-heavy' environment where a premature easing of monetary policy, while inflation remained elevated, led to an extended period of economic dislocation, including high inflation, low growth ...

Institutional capital returns to retail real estate after hiatus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... stable and conducive economic environment, marked by strong population growth, stabilising inflation, and expected monetary policy easing through the year. The report noted Australia has the highest forecast population growth of any mature economy, with ...

RBA opens door to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... weight to their decision making. "Members observed that the May meeting would be an opportune time to revisit the monetary policy setting with the benefit of additional data about inflation, wages, the labour market and trends in economic activity, along ...

Bullock hushes rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... Bullock said the RBA is working to "build a fuller picture" of the possible impacts as it prepares for the May monetary policy meeting. "There are a lot of moving parts. We are bringing all this together to form an objective assessment of what it means ...