ABE Weekly 25/11/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 24 November 2022 ABE Weekly 25 November 22 Key Points Interest rates continue to rise, combating inflation Intensifying COVID pressures Interest Rate Update – NEW ZEALAND New Zealand’s central bank delivered a record rate hike on Wednesday by 75 basis points to 4.25% and warned the economy might have to […]
ABE Weekly 18/11/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 18 November 2022 ABE Weekly 18 November 22 Key Points Unemployment rate falls to 3.4% The Reserve Bank likely to lift cash rate by 25 bps Bonds remain a worthy diversifier Fallout from FTX continues Australia’s unemployment rate has fallen to 3.4 per cent, with 32,000 people finding work […]
ABE Weekly 11/11/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 11 November 2022 ABE Weekly 11 November 22 Key Points Reserve Bank revises inflation forecasts US CPI index China’s producer price index falls Current investment opportunities Australia The Reserve Bank (RBA) has released its November Statement on Monetary Policy (SoMP), with revised forecasts for growth, unemployment and inflation. Due to […]
ABE Weekly 4/11/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 4 November 2022 ABE Weekly 4 November 22 Key Points RBA hikes rate for the seventh time Strong inflationary psychology concerns Fed announces 75 basis points increase Selloff in China’s debt markets Current investment opportunities Australia The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lifted the cash rate by 25 basis points to […]
ABE Weekly 28/10/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 28 October 2022 ABE Weekly 28 October 22 Key Points Labor’s first budget in a decade since victory Australian Bureau of Statistics releases CPI figures Great Britain has a new PM Xi Jinping secured third term as a leader Current investment opportunities Australia Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered Labor’s first […]
ABE Weekly 21/10/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 21 October 2022 ABE Weekly 21 October 22 Key Points The Westpac Melbourne Institute Leading Index Net migration to Australia surges China’s Covid Zero Policy Current investment opportunities Australia The Westpac-MI Leading Index continues to indicate a below-trend growth pace as we head into 2023. The September Index read is […]
ABE Weekly 14/10/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 14 October 2022 ABE Weekly 14 October 22 Key Points The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment BOE to end bond-buying programme Current investment opportunities Australia The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell by 0.9% from 84.4 in September to 83.7 in October. The fall in consumer […]
ABE Weekly 07/10/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 7 October 2022 ABE Weekly 7 October 22 Key Points RBA lifts cash rate target Ukraine/Russia war Bond market outlook Current investment opportunities RBA Update The RBA lifted the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 2.60 percent on Tuesday, for the sixth month in a row. The smaller […]
ABE Weekly 30/09/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 30 September 2022 “Part of paying the price is the willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done.” – Jack Canfield Key Points Optus hacked British treasury bonds drop US Fed keeps raising rates Australia Optus reported a cyber-attack that resulted in a data breach of up to […]
ABE Weekly 23/09/22
Australian Bond Exchange Weekly Newsletter 23 September 2022 ABE Weekly 23 September 22 Highlight The Federal Reserve delivered its third straight interest rate increase of 0.75 percent, taking the policy rate to 3-3.25 percent. More increases are expected as the world’s largest economy battles soaring prices, with the FOMC said it anticipated “ongoing increases…will be […]