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There are some good reasons why the RBA should retain its flexibility in managing inflation.
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Brexit would throw up all manner of problems for the UK economy, including a rise in borrowing costs for homeowners.
Sydney investors can profit equally from purchasing apartments or houses.
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Herding behaviour is leading to excessive borrowing, further fuelling apartment prices, particularly in Sydney.
Business Council of Australia President Catherine Livingstone and Commonwealth Bank CEO Ian Narev will have to wait for the company tax cut they’ve been asking for.
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We are all still learning the rules of the “secularly stagnant” global economy.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut interest rates to 1.75% as an election looms.
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Fears of deflation have prompted the Reserve Bank of Australia to act on the eve of the federal budget.
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Watch out on budget day for how creative Treasury assumptions are on inflation.
African governments have some hard decisions to make if they want to breathe new life into the ‘Africa Rising’ narrative.
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Africa needs to navigate the difficult economic waters that lie ahead without undoing the gains of the past two decades. Success will require difficult political choices.
Exasperated?
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RBA Governor Glenn Stevens isn’t buying the secular stagnation theory, lending weight to the deficit hawks.
The RBA puts too much weight on the benefit of a low dollar in the modern Australian economy.
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Expect the higher dollar to put strong downward pressure on already low interest rates.
RBA Governor Glenn Stevens is likely to be out jawboning the Australian dollar again this week.
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Once again the US-AUD exchange rate has monetary policymakers worried.
Consumers don’t always behave the way central banks expect.
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Negative interest rates are not the weapon some central bankers had hoped they would be.
Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens and US Fed Chair Janet Yellen are facing the same problems.
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Both the US and Australia face a global economy that is in deep, deep trouble.
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Scrapping €500 notes would inconvenience money launderers; it would also help the European Central Bank to make interest rates more negative.
Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens has a new fan.
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This week: the Australian economy exceeds expectations, while China continues to worry. RBA Governor Glenn Stevens has reason to smile, Janet Yellen less so.
Growth remains subdued.
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There is more uncertainty in financial markets, an improving labour market in Australia (despite a monthly blip in January) and the US, but no sign of much growth.
Current conditions make for a wild ride for investors.
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Low inflation gives the RBA scope to cut rates in coming months but a lot will turn on whether we continue to see persistently weak GDP growth.
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The global sharemarket volatility will weigh on Reserve Bank board members as they consider interest rates.
The Australian dollar has remained low for some time, but the expected growth uptick is yet to arrive.
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The reporting of “higher than expected” inflation seemed a bit overblown.
Even Congress gets into the Christmas spirit.
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Future taxpayers were the big losers of the trillion-dollar budget deal, who will have to shoulder the burden of higher interest payments.
Whose money pile is growing was a key issue in 2015.
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