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RBA hikes interest rates to 10-year high, flags further increases

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... of softer domestic data recently - across retail sales, house prices, loans and credit growth, and employment and unemployment; the RBA didn't mention this," UBS said. UBS now forecasts a 25-basis point interest rate hike in March, with the potential ...

RBA cash rate hike forecast by economists

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... Economics managing director Stephen Koukoulas expects the RBA to hold rates steady. "Slow growth, an uptick in the unemployment rate and a sharp fall in inflation will allow a rate cut by year end," Koukoulas said.

Skill shortage to continue to cost Aussie companies

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... lack of talent will cost them. According to research conducted by specialised recruiter Robert Half, the recent 3.5% unemployment rate that circles dangerously close to a 50-year low has led 44% of employers to believe the skill shortage will be the ...

Bonds are back: GSFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
... to Miller, the data doesn't validate that view at the moment. "If we look at the labor market in the US, the unemployment rate is still pretty close to a fifty-year low. I can remember when man walked on the moon, and that was the last time (until ...

Super system shields against macro storm: Fundie

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... financial conditions will add to a bigger drag on demand leading to a slump in growth and a potential increase in unemployment. "Clearly what government and central banks are trying to do at the moment is rein in inflation and create a soft landing where ...

RBA governor cites climate, energy transition in inflation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... that the current period of high inflation is only temporary. He cited the 1970s and 80s, which featured both high unemployment and high inflation as well as economic stagnation in Australia and the US as a warning, saying "in both cases, bringing inflation ...

Federal Reserve raises rates 0.75%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... continue raising interest rates at an alarming pace. "In contrast to your belief that slower economic growth and higher unemployment are 'something that we think we need to have,' some economists question whether crushing the job market is necessary ...

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

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... bring it down would be greater," Lowe said. "This would increase the risk of a severe recession and a sharp rise in unemployment. It would be much better to avoid such a costly outcome and so we have acted strongly to avoid it." Over the year to September ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... set to deteriorate though next year as weaker global growth and rate hikes lead to slower growth locally and rising unemployment. "This combination will result in a further weakening in home buyer demand and a potential increase in supply as some financially ...

Federal Budget is challenging: Economist

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... inflation - which will keep interest rates higher for longer, which will slow the economy down, which will add to unemployment. Or in other words, gas prices are very central to a bunch of the bad things that are facing Australia right now," Richardson ...