Australian economic growth has slowed through the first half of 2024 to 1.0% y-o-y from 1.6% y-o-y in the second half of 2023 and 3.7% y-o-y in the first half of 2023. At face value, that is the order of growth slowdown that could ease inflation and allow the RBA to...
Risk assets rallied in August and government bond yields fell as key central banks indicated that supporting growth is vying with the need to go the last mile battening down inflation to their various targets. Australia’s RBA remained an odd-man-out still toying with...
Economic data released in August show soft global economic growth and again patchy progress reducing inflation. Key major central banks, including the US Federal Reserve, are indicating that the focus of monetary policy has or is about to shift towards limiting damage...