RBA skips, no change from RBNZ and coming up the US September non-farm payrolls

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RBA skips, but has it stopped? As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia Board chose to “skip” a policy rate increase when it met on Tuesday. Put simply, the “data

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A Fed “skip” and BoE modest August CPI cast doubt on policy rate hike

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At its recent meeting, the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) opted to “skip” a hike in the policy rate. However, the Fed indicated that more policy

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US August CPI and ECB to raise the policy rate 25 bps at Thursday’s meeting

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A slightly higher-than-anticipated core inflation result probably means that a further increase in the policy rate is on the agenda for next week’s Federal Reserve Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)

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RBA treads a cautious path

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As was widely expected the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chose to leave the policy rate unchanged at 4.10 per cent at Tuesday’s meeting. That was appropriate given the most

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RBA meeting: calmer waters or the eye of the storm?

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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will not adjust the policy rate when it meets on Tuesday. The data flow since the August meeting has consistently surprised on the downside

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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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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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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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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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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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