Some of the major US indices see weakness in the summer months, and so too has the AUDUSD pair over the last 10 years. The AUD tends to gain when…
Inflation data is a major focus for the Reserve Bank of Australia. A headline that prints below 5.8% and a trimmed mean below 5.9% will surprise markets and reassure the…
On Tuesday at 05:30 UK time, the RBA will be meeting and deciding on whether to hike rates or pause on rates. At the moment, the market is pretty much…
Major central bank rundown It’s time for your central bank catch up. The link to the latest statement is at the bottom of each section, so just click there to…
Heading into the latest RBA meeting it was reasonable to expect a more bullish decision as the Q4 2022 headline inflation data rose to 7.8% from 7.3%. This was a…
Going into the November meeting markets were fully expecting a 25 bps rate hike. This was despite the latest trimmed mean reading of 6.1% CPI which was on the high…
The RBA hiked rates by 25bps early on Tuesday morning sending the AUD lower. However, the AUD was also supported at the time by a more positive risk outlook which…
Major central bank rundown It’s time for your central bank catch up. The link to the latest statement is at the bottom of each section, so just click there to…
The RBA hiked by 50 bps as expected on Tuesday this week to 2.35 but stated that it is not on a pre-set path. The RBA is trying to balance…
The veteran economist, Saul Eslake, sees Australia’s abandoning 50bps rate hikes going forward. He sees a sharper slowdown in GDP and labour data which he thinks could see the RBA…