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...
Key labour market data released last week show more buoyant conditions than in July last year, notwithstanding a small lift in the unemployment rate to 4.2% in July. The strength of the labour market adds to reasons why the RBA cannot begin to reduce the cash rate in...
In the words of RBA Governor, Michelle Bullock, the RBA is unlikely to cut the cash rate over the next six months and the RBA’s latest economic forecasts of too strong aggregate demand relative to economic output and inflation taking longer to come inside 2-3% target...
