Post-COVID-19, inflation surged in Australia due to overseas factors such as the war in Ukraine, and domestic factors such as COVID-related backlogs in the construction sector. To constrain inflation, the Reserve Bank shifted to a phase of aggressive monetary policy tightening in 2022. There ...
Inflation News in Australia: Its Effects on Exchange Rates and Interest Rates - Kim - 1996 () Citation Context ...t, foreign exchange market participants anticipate the higher real interest rates, and the exchange rate may appreciate in response to the positive inflation surprise. This is a ...
SYDNEY, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), the country's largest bank, has released data showing that residents are beginning to pull back on their spending amid rising inflation and interest rates. The CommBank Household Spending Intentions (HSI) Index, which measure...
Beyond the numbers, investors should track FOMC member commentary. FOMC members Loretta Mester and Philip Jefferson are on the calendar to speak. Views on inflation and interest rates could move the dial. Short-Term Forecast Near-term AUD/USD trends will hinge on US inflation numbers ...
The Reserve Bank of Australia has todaylifted official interest rates to 0.35pc, in the first rise since 2010. The RBA rate rise today follows the news from the ABSlast weekthat inflation had hit 5.1% in the 12 months to March.
Australia is at an ugly point in the business cycle. Growth has fallen but prices and labour costs haven’t. That means the economy is digesting the Reserve Bank’s rate hikes but has not yet felt the relief from them. Even though prices are not rising as quickly as at the end of la...
"The argument by many economists is that the Reserve Bank is behind the curve with regard to managing inflation in Australia, and that we need to move interest rates up fairly rapidly in order to start to manage the inflation risk that's occurring at the moment," he said. ...
There’s an element of truth here, but also a huge problem. As well as maintaining price stability, the RBA is supposed to act to achieve full employment and “the economic prosperity and welfare of the people of Australia”. But under our current policy approach, economic welfare is...
When asked whether Trump's policies would mean higher interest rates for longer in Australia, Bullock said she did not have a view on that. Australia's central bank has held its policy steady for a year, judging the current cash rate of 4.35% - up from the 0.1%...
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