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RBA set to lift the cash rate again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
Most economists have flagged that the cash rate will rise again today, despite inflation having eased. A Finder survey said 88% of experts believe the cash rate will grow to 3.1% in December, which would be an eighth consecutive rate rise. Finder head ...

Australia can avoid recession: Outlook

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... into the slow lane, keeping the economy on an even keel. "After an initial run of rapid rate rises that returned the cash rate to more normal levels it has since slowed the pace down to better assess their lagged impact, allow for the global downturn ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... facto tightening that started with rising fixed mortgage rates a year ago, the speed of Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cash rate hikes and heightened household sensitivity to rising interest rates flowing from much higher debt levels now along with ...

CPI poses awkward optics for RBA: Economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... contemplating. Elsewhere, a Finder survey of Australian economists was near unanimous that the RBA is set to deliver another cash rate increase in November. The majority (90%) forecast another 25-basis point rise, bringing the cash rate to 2.85%. Though ...

Challenger launches new alternatives fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... Challenger Solutions Liquid Alternatives Balanced Fund, seeking to deliver positive absolute returns in excess of the cash rate, regardless of the market environment. The fund is managed by Challenger's newly formed Solutions Group, which works with ...

RBA downplays exchange rate inflationary impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... from around 2016, the Bank was balancing the case for a faster return of inflation to the target range by lowering the cash rate further, against the medium-term risks associated with an increase in what were already high levels of household debt." These ...

RBA lifts rates, lifts markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board increased the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 2.6%, driving domestic markets higher. Committed to returning inflation to the 2-3% range over time, the board affirmed that yesterday's increase in interest ...

RBA tipped for another rate rise

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2022
... Solomon's forecast. "Given Fed signalling, we now look for a 50bps tightening from the RBA in October, which would take the cash rate to 2.85% and policy settings into mildly restrictive territory," he said. "The RBA is projected to tighten again in ...

Federal Reserve bumps interest rate by 0.75%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... anticipates the Reserve Bank of Australia will raise rates by 0.25% at each of its next three meetings, expecting a cash rate of 3.10% in December.

Montgomery, Aura Group launch new income fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
... pool of Australian private debt assets including asset backed SME loans. The fund tracks the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate and aims to return 3.5%-5.5% above it, net of fees and costs. Currently, the cash rate is 2.35%, equating to a current target ...