Stephen Miller on the Fed, the RBA and the BoE

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FOMC announces taper Fed Chair “patient” on policy rate increase but will act if necessary. Inflation still “largely” seen as transitory but the FOMC Statement indicates less certainty on that.

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RBA Board maintains settings

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There were no real surprises from the RBA Board meeting today with the Governor’s Statement reaffirming that the Board is sticking with the settings outlined in September. Today’s statement preserves

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Bond yields on the rise: implications for multi asset portfolio construction

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Central banks sticking to a benign inflation view. Bond markets are nervous but accepting…for the time being Key central bank chiefs speaking overnight at the ECB virtual Sintra Conference (the

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Positive surprise for June quarter GDP; however, no bearing on Tuesday’s RBA Meeting

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Yesterday’s GDP numbers for the June quarter confounded the expectations of economists in registering a reasonably healthy 0.7% increase for the quarter, largely on the back of strength in both private

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Australian wage growth remains subdued underscoring importance of RBA “flexibility”

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The June wage price index fell slightly short of market expectations coming in at annual increase of 1.7% compared with a market consensus forecast of 1.9%. Having said that, the

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RBA August Board Meeting: Caged doves?

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In somewhat of a surprise decision, the RBA Board today persisted with the July meeting decision to taper bond purchases from September. The Board seemed to place a lot of

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Pockets of opportunity provide good prospects for global bonds and equities

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The COVID-19 pandemic recovery remains non-linear across developed and emerging economies leading to a patchy outlook for bond and equity markets, but pockets of opportunity remain, according to GSFM and

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Lowe speech to Economic Society today following Tuesday RBA Board meeting. Pushing back against market pricing?   

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RBA Governor Lowe spoke yesterday to the Australian Economic Society yesterday on The Labour Market and Monetary Policy. Following in the wake of Tuesday’s RBA decision I expect the Governor

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Markets dismiss regulation risks

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The US Federal Court decision to dismiss an anti-trust complaint against Facebook this week saw that company catapulted into the $1trillion market cap club (along with Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and

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Sydney COVID outbreak signals only (very) marginal tweak from the RBA despite strong labour market

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Even before the Sydney COVID-19 outbreak the prospect for any major shift in policy from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was remote. A cautious US Federal Reserve (the Fed)

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