Australian Economy

the Aussie (AUDUSD) has been stuck going kind of sideways for the last month or so. There have been plenty of ups and downs, but it seems the market needs something a little more convincing to break out of the range. Up until the huge…
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Markets are generally expecting a rate cut from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) at the conclusion of Tuesday's meeting. But there is a wide range of disagreement about what could happen. The majority is inclined for a 25 bps cut. But…
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Global equity indices have been on the backfoot this month, thanks to a drop off in risk appetite. Normally October is a time of rebound from September, but the heightened tensions in the Middle East on top of a rise in global interest…
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The RBA is widely expected to keep rates unchanged this time around. But the focus will be on the post-rate decision remarks, as there is considerable uncertainty about when and if there will be another rate hike. There are a couple of…
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Despite the recent inflation print that was better than expected, there is still a pretty solid expectation that the RBA will hike rates at its policy meeting tomorrow. The market reaction could depend more on what the reserve bank signals…
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After the RBA left the door open for another rate hike when it meets next week, there is a lot of attention on CPI figures to be released on Wednesday. There was quite a bit of division ahead of the last rate decision, so the surprise of…
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