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RBA is 'overachieving' on inflation target: GSFM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... February. If it does occur, it will be the RBA's first rate cut since November 2020, and the first change in the official cash rate since November 2023. Miller said the prediction is supported by weak private economic activity and the RBA's overachievement ...

MA Financial readies first LIT for launch

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... asset backed lending space across the world, with monthly distributions and a risk-adjusted target return of the RBA Cash Rate + 4.25% per annum over a rolling 12-month period (pre-tax, net of management fees and costs). Investors can benefit from exposure ...

ANZ, Macquarie bring forward rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... expecting core inflation to drop to 3.2%, down from 3.5%, in December. "We think this will be enough for the RBA to cut the cash rate by 25 basis points at its February meeting, rather than waiting until May," Boyton said. For the November read, the ...

Australian economy on the up in 2025: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... Additionally, it predicts the core inflation rate will fall to 2.5% during 2025, and that the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cash rate will be lowered to 3.5% from the current 4.35% level by year end. Pointing to Wednesday's Consumer Price Index (CPI) ...

RBA 'paves way' for February rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surprised no one by leaving the official cash rate on hold at 4.35% at its final meeting of the year. While this was the ninth consecutive month the central bank has kept the cash rate steady, the decision was met ...

2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... soon drop to around 0.6-0.7% qoq, enabling it to possibly start cutting in February but by May at the latest taking the cash rate down to 3.6% by year end." Oliver said global growth is likely to slow in 2025 to just below 3% and will likely strengthen ...

Bullock hints at no rate cut in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... will be met is in 2026. "As it currently stands, underlying inflation is still too high to be considering lowering the cash rate target in the near term," she said. "When setting policy, the board aims to ensure that financial conditions are restrictive ...

Property 'well-placed' for growth: Knight Frank

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... will depend upon the path of interest rates. "However, investors need to look beyond the timing of the first cut to the cash rate and instead tune into the evolving debate on the neutral interest rate and what it means for long-term interest rates, ensuring ...

Interest rates to remain on hold for some time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... plans for that to change anytime soon. "Headline inflation has fallen, but underlying inflation is still too high. The cash rate will stay restrictive until the board is confident that inflation is moving sustainably to the middle of our 2-3% target ...

Inflation falls within RBA's target range

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... upward pressure on inflation well into 2025. Based on this economic data, we do not see any reason why the RBA's cash rate decision next Tuesday will be anything other than a hold." RSM Australia economist Devika Shivadekar agreed while easing inflation ...