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2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... 20 times, but it's not cheap." Oliver added that uncertainty remains around how much the US Federal Reserve, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and some other central banks will cut rates as core inflation is still not at target. "The risk of recession ...

GDP grows but still slow: 'Confirms our worst fears'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... consecutive quarter of negative per-capita GDP growth print. Ideally, this data at the very least should help the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) make a dovish pivot, but our hopes are slim on the bank's firm hawkish leanings. Keeping policy restrictive ...

Bullock hints at no rate cut in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has reaffirmed the central bank's stance that interest rates are likely to stay higher for longer as sticky inflation persists. Speaking at a Centre of Economic Development (CEDA) dinner ...

Inflation remains in RBA's target range

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
... months to October 2024, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), in line with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target range. "Annual inflation was steady at 2.1% in October and remains the lowest annual inflation ...

Size of super industry on ASIC's radar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... potential risks to financial stability as the superannuation sector grows. Questioned on her thoughts around the recent Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) report which stated that the central bank was concerned about the risks the super system poses to ...

Property 'well-placed' for growth: Knight Frank

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... Melbourne," Burston added. Despite the positive outlook, investors need to be acutely aware with the movement from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), stating the strength of the recovery will depend upon the path of interest rates. "However, investors ...

Wages grow 3.5% for the year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... since the June 2023 quarter. Commonwealth Bank senior economist Stephen Wu said the reading was softer than what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was expecting. "The big drop in the annual rate was expected. It reflected a much smaller lift in award ...

RBA seeks input on CBDC research project

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is seeking industry feedback on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) research initiative, Project Acacia. The project will explore how different forms of digital money and associated infrastructure could support ...

Interest rates to remain on hold for some time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates unchanged at 4.35% at the November meeting, with the board indicating there are no plans for that to change anytime soon. "Headline inflation has fallen, but underlying inflation is still too high. ...

Commonwealth Bank finally relents on interest rate call

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... 2025 as the most appropriate time to commence cutting rates." Betashares chief economic David Bassanese agreed the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would likely cut rates early in 2025, following the first release of CPI data in January. "All up, the ...
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