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How will Trump's tariffs impact the RBA?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... August rate cut. "For one thing, the monthly CPI inflation indicators have been benign. For another, the June NAB Business Survey revealed the likelihood of further disinflation," Miller said. "It is the case that RBA forecasts now have underlying inflation ...

Sally Auld to take on chief economist role at NAB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... analysis and has been a trusted advisor to many," Goonan said. "His expertise and views, particularly through the NAB Business Survey, are highly sought after by our bank, our customers, government and policy makers. We are grateful for his service and ...

'Little prospect' for RBA hike despite stubborn inflation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... indicator exhibited ongoing "stickiness", as did the price and labour cost indicators contained in the NAB May Monthly Business Survey. "Those indicators are suggestive of some upside risk to the RBA's May CPI inflation projection, which was itself revised ...

Cash rate hits 4.1%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has hiked rates by another 25 basis points to bring the official cash rate to 4.1%. Many experts fear that Australia is teetering on the edge of a recession and that the latest decision by the nation's central bank ...

Australian CPI falls to 6.8%, adds to halt hopes

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... meaningfully peaked." Previous data released that have also helped shape the RBA decision are the March NAB Monthly Business Survey, February labour force data and February retail trade data. Miller said the first two key pieces of data unmistakably ...

RBA rate rises up in the air: Economists

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... outlook provided by Aird, he said two out of four domestic data releases have so far been published. "The NAB Business Survey was robust and the unemployment rate dipped to 3.5% in February from 3.7% in January," he said. The February retail trade and ...

Inflation erodes retiree savings by 7.5%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
The rising cost of travel, fuel and many food staples continue to aggravate the quality of living for retirees as inflation leapt 7.5% in the last year. Oils and fats (20.8%), domestic travel and accommodation (19.8%), milk (17.9%), gas (17.4%), fuel ...

We are closer to a pause: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... have important data on employment, another monthly inflation indicator, more detail on retail spending and the business survey." "If collectively they suggest that the right thing is to pause, then we will do that. But if they suggest we need to keep ...

Business confidence, conditions rally: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
National Australia Bank's (NAB) latest business survey reported business confidence has risen above average levels and conditions have strengthened. Business confidence bucked a trend of steady monthly declines, rising seven index points. NAB called ...

Rate rises more likely after unemployment plunge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... "The drop in the unemployment rate (and underutilisation rate over recent months) - as well as record highs in business survey measures of capacity utilisation, labour costs and selling prices - indicates extreme tightness in both labour and product ...
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