Insight: Financial Conditions and RBA’s July Decisions

(This Insight was first published on Wednesday, May 20 at 9:12 AM as an email to premium subscribers)

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, May 20, 2021)—Financial conditions is an important determinant of the Reserve Bank of Aust...

RBA Says Wages Growth Need To Be Sustainably Above 3% To Meet Inf...

--Change to 3-year yield target of 10bps not warranted
--Conditions requiring increase in cash rate unlikely until 2024 at the earliest
--Remains committed to doing what it reasonably could to support economy
--Wages Growth Ne...

Westpac’s Evans Lays Scenario Where RBA May Not Extend Yld Target...

(This FYI article was first published on Monday, May 17 at 5:06PM as an email to premium subscribers)

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, May 17, 2021)—The Reserve Bank of Australia may not extend the three-year target to the No...

Analysis: Australia’s Budget Provides Upside Risk To RBA Forecast...

(This analysis was first published on Tuesday, May 11 at 7:40 PM as an email to premium subscribers)

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Canberra, May 11, 2021)—The Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest forecasts for the economy is l...

Australia Unveils Expansionary Budget As Jobs Remain Key Focus

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Canberra, May 11, 2021)—The Australian government has unveiled an expansionary budget, using the economy’s stronger-than-expected growth momentum to increasing spending in the economy and creating jobs, r...

RBA Upgrades Growth, Employment Outlook But Sees Slow Progress On...

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, May 7, 2021)— The Reserve Bank of Australia made significant upgrades to growth and labor data forecasts to account for the transition in the economy to expansion phase from recovery but expects wages g...