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Michele Bullock to be next RBA governor

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... it's not particularly unusual. I think once we realised we had the right candidate, there's no point extending governor Lowe if you've got the right candidate ready to go." Bullock will be responsible for chairing the Reserve Bank Board ...

RBA set to lift the cash rate again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... Rowe Price associate portfolio manager Scott Solomon said: "We expect the RBA to go ahead and hike 25 basis points. Governor Lowe is trying to strike a balance of maintaining full employment, allowing for lagged economic effects of policy, and appearing ...

CPI poses awkward optics for RBA: Economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... surprise but, in reality, a move to 50 basis points would mean a sharp U-turn in thinking from the RBA," Solomon said. "Governor Lowe is intent on allowing effects from prior hikes to flow through to main street. He's acutely aware that many mortgages ...

RBA tipped for another rate rise

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2022
... associate portfolio manager Scott Solomon said. "Shortly after the September release, we applauded the suggestion by Governor Lowe that they were open to a step back to 25bps. However, the subsequent macro environment makes a 25bp hike potentially burdensome." ...

Chief economist update: Lowe taking interest rates lower

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... 19.8% in the June quarter from 6.0% in the March quarter and 3.6% in the three months ended December 2019. To quote governor Lowe: "What are people going to do with this extra saving and improved debt situation... how willing people and businesses are ...

Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... restrictions and lockdown measures are starting to have a positive impact on confidence. So much so, that on May 28, Governor Lowe told the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 that: "The evidence so far is that our mid-March package is working as expected ...

Chief economist update: Better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... structural reforms. It's understable that investors are not putting all their eggs in Australia's basket for as governor Lowe cautioned: "Much depends on how quickly confidence can be restored. But even as the recovery gets under way, there will ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... March. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe is equally downtrodden. In his recent outing (April 21), governor Lowe proclaimed the Australian central bank's take on the coronavirus' impact on the domestic economy: "National output ...

Chief economist update: COVID-infected Aussie stats trickle in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
Ho-hum. Financial markets widely expected the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to keep monetary policy settings unchanged at its April meeting especially so soon after announcing a comprehensive accommodation package the month before ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
There's more bad news for us, Australians all. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will no longer cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points - to 0.5% - when it holds its first board meeting for 2020 on February 4. No Virginia, I didn't say ...
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