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A matter of assumptions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
While most of the world's biggest central banks have embraced uber-transparency, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) appears to still be subscribing to "fedspeak". It's still keeping Australians in the dark about its next policy movement. In its September ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
Governor Philip Lowe's statement explaining the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy decision to keep interest rates unchanged at 1.5% at their 5 September Board meeting, revealed the Australian central bank's optimism over the international ...

Lower returns but higher balances for SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... probability of interest rates and equity returns remaining 'lower for longer'. McBirnie said this is reflective of the Reserve Bank of Australia noting in July that the neutral nominal cash rate is now 3.5% rather than 5% previously. "Even so, SMSF households ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... only if, it does not stir up reactions in the macro-economy and central bank policy responses. Take for example the Reserve Bank of Australia's latest missive: "The Australian dollar has appreciated over recent months, partly reflecting a lower US dollar. ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
Less than a fortnight from now, Philip Lowe celebrates his first anniversary as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) - succeeding Glenn Stevens on 18 September 2016. One thing that could be said about his first year stint as head honcho of ...

Panel appointed to ease AFCA transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... new 'one-stop-shop' model, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. Led by former Assistant Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia Malcolm Edey, the panel comprises representatives from two of the three existing complaints services to be amalgamated ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... effects on the general level of prices in the economy, is undoubtedly one of the signposts that factors into the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) deliberations when it decides on monetary policy settings. By tracking labour costs, investors can gain ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
One thing stood out when the Reserve Banks of India (RBI), Australia (RBA) and New Zealand (RBNZ) conducted their monetary policy meetings in August, and that is... they all want a lower exchange rate (please sir). Both the RBA and the RBNZ kept interest ...

Low-flation becoming less transitory?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... (the earliest data available) when the unemployment rate was at 4.4%. The CPI report flies in the face of Federal Reserve Bank of New York president William Dudley who lately commented that: "The story is not a complex one. One, the labour market continues ...

Inflation: Cost-pushed and demand-pulled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
If anything, the National Australia Bank's July business survey added credence to the Reserve Bank of Australia's optimistic take on the outlook for economic activity in the country, but not inflation which it expects "to pick up gradually as the economy ...