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Federal Reserve raises rates 0.75%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
The US Federal Reserve has raised its policy interest rate by 75 basis points, flagging ongoing increases will be necessary to bring inflation down to target. Following the central bank's decision, the federal funds rate benchmark sits between 3.75% ...

Interest rates will jump to slay "the evil of inflation": Lowe

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
At the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board dinner, governor Phillip Lowe expressed that interest rates will need to go higher to bring inflation back to target. After a seventh straight rate rise, whereby the bank lifted the interest rate to 2.85% ...

Central banks to tighten on all sides: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
All eyes are on the Fed as it's set for another fourth straight 75bp hike, and central banks are taking a "whatever it takes" approach to pushing inflation back down to their targets, according to the BlackRock Investment Institute (BII). The European ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
After surging 28.6% between the pandemic low in September 2020 to a high in April, national property prices have fallen 6%, said AMP chief economist Shane Oliver. "The key drivers of the downturn remain: poor affordability, rising mortgage rates, some ...

US recession probability reaches 75% - is Australia at risk?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
According to UNSW Business School associate professor Konark Saxena, the probability of a US recession is about 75%, possibly impacting several macroeconomic indicators. To bring down inflation, the US Federal Reserve must increase interest rates until ...

CPI poses awkward optics for RBA: Economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) commentary sometimes infers that Australia's inflation circumstances are different or less challenging than elsewhere in the developed country complex, but GSFM investment strategist Stephen Miller believes that any "difference" ...

Australia among top 10 financially inclusive markets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... out of 42 around the globe. Principal Financial Group's Global Financial Inclusion Index, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research, is built around three pillars - government, financial system, and employer support. The data revealed ...

Chalmers delivers on childcare

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has promised to improve early education and childcare affordability for more than 1.2 million eligible Australian families. Labor's "game-changing" investment for families will increase the paid hours worked by women ...

Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
The government has blamed its predecessor for inheriting a budget burdened by $1 trillion in gross debt and deficits projected for at least the next decade. Consequently, new fiscal policies have largely been offset for this year and the next. "We face ...

Federal Budget is challenging: Economist

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
In an interview with Financial Standard, independent economist Chris Richardson said the Treasurer has two big and difficult problems on his hands, the first being gas prices and the other the National Disability Insurance Scheme. In delivering the ...