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Recession risk for Australia minimal: Forum

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... recently released December retail figures, Paton said any "canaries in the coal mine have been few". Other leading economists forecast that Australia will avoid a recession and experience positive economic growth in 2023 anywhere between 1-3%, he said. ...

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

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... inflation to target and will do what is necessary to achieve that," he said. Responding to the RBA announcement, UBS economists said the cash rate hike was expected. However, the RBA took a more hawkish stance compared to their last meeting, contrary ...

RBA cash rate hike forecast by economists

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... invite market complacency that could result in too rapid an easing of financial conditions, Peter said. Contrary to most economists, Market Economics managing director Stephen Koukoulas expects the RBA to hold rates steady. "Slow growth, an uptick in ...

Inflation beats forecasts, hits 7.8%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
The official Consumer Price Index jumped 1.9% in the December 2022 quarter, rising to the highest annual rate of inflation in over 30 years. The figures were released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today and mark the fourth consecutive ...

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 ...

Financially stressed Aussies believe advice could improve well-being

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
... retirement." She added difficult economic times aren't going away. "We have seen seven interest rate rises in a row, with many economists forecasting more to come," she noted. "Australians shouldn't be left to manage that stress on their own and financial ...

We do get it: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
... a team of about another eight or so people, they have mixed backgrounds. There are a couple of lawyers, a couple of economists, and there's a former financial adviser in the team." Misconceptions around the review panel have been brewing online with ...

Federal Reserve raises rates 0.75%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... 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 to bring inflation to heel," a letter directed to Powell said. "Others ...

CPI poses awkward optics for RBA: Economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... be more intractable than the RBA and markets are currently 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 ...

RBA signals further interest rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... forecast is for CPI inflation to be around 7.75% over 2022, slightly above 4% over 2023 and 3% in 2024. Likewise, 72% of economists and experts in Finder's RBA Cash Rate survey agree that the monthly CPI will continue to increase, peaking between 7 and ...