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Wage Price Index and RBA minutes and UK CPI suggests no relief for the Bank of England

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Wage Price Index and RBA minutes: hard to see a September or October hike…but come November? Last week I noted that the release of the July NAB Monthly Business Survey

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18 Aug 2023

Opportunities in private credit

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Private credit continues to surge worldwide as traditional lenders take their focus away from smaller enterprises. This article from GSFM’s examines this trend in Australia and Asia and explores how

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14 Aug 2023

US July CPI enough for an indefinite abeyance and the Fair Work Commission pokes the inflation bear

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US July CPI: enough for an indefinite abeyance but a policy rate “plateau” not a “peak” The July consumer price index (CPI) report reaffirms the message from the previous two

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14 Aug 2023

The RBA “skip” could yet be a prelude to a mortgage debtor “trip” and the US Fitch debt downgrade

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The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) decision to “skip” a policy rate increase at Tuesday’s meeting was certainly defensible. The June quarter consumer price index (CPI) suggested that inflation as

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04 Aug 2023

AI and resilient corporate earnings to drive global markets for remainder of 2023

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While investment opportunities in global share markets hinge on a number of factors, such as artificial intelligence and resilience in corporate earnings, the Australian market continues to be a source

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27 Jul 2023

RBA July meeting minutes: ‘optionality’ is the theme – upcoming labour force data is important but June quarter CPI is critical

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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) minutes from the 4 July meeting contained similar themes to those that characterised Governor Lowe’s speech last week. The minutes seek to give the

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20 Jul 2023

Trend following alpha

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Trend following strategies can capture upward and downward trends in hundreds of markets, which has made such strategies popular alternative investments to diversify risk in client portfolios. This article from

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19 Jul 2023

US CPI not enough for a July “pause” and what to look out for from the RBA

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US CPI: (maybe?) not enough for a July “pause” but it will be “one and done” The June consumer price index (CPI) report indicates that inflation has meaningfully turned and

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14 Jul 2023

RBA “skips” July but future meetings remain “live” and Fed FOMC June meeting minutes

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After having increased the policy rate at both the May and June meetings, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board decided to leave the policy rate unchanged at 4.1 per

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07 Jul 2023

Fed Chair Powell maintains the “pause not a peak” mantra and the RBA’s decision to increase the policy rate was “finely balanced”

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In his semi-annual report to Congress Federal Reserve Chair Powell reiterated the main themes from his press conference last week following the Federal Reserve’s decision to “pause” the policy rate

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23 Jun 2023

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