Australia Westpac-MI Consumer Sentiment Up But House Price Expectations More Imp For RBA

Consumer sentiment rose 2.3% to 95.5 in February, more than rebounding from the 1.8% fall in January, the Westpac-Mel...

Published On 12 Feb 2020 , 10:41 AM
My tweets from first session of RBA's Parliamentary testimony today

RBA Lowe: If the unemployment rate were to be moving MATERIALLY in the wrong direction n there was no further progres...

Published On 07 Feb 2020 , 10:59 AM
Westpac's Evans Now Expects RBA Cut in April, Aug (Previously Feb, June)

Westpac's chief economist Bill Evans has pushed back his forecast for RBA cash rate cut to April from February, c...

Published On 24 Jan 2020 , 11:26 AM
ANZ No Longer Forecasting RBA Feb Cut

Economists at ANZ have removed RBA cut in February from their forecast following the strength in employment in Novemb...

Published On 23 Jan 2020 , 01:37 PM
Australia Consumer House Price Sentiment Could Justify RBA Hold in Feb

Consumer sentiment fell 1.8% to 93.4 in January from 95.1, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentimen...

Published On 22 Jan 2020 , 11:36 AM

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