News, 03 Feb 2025

Securitisation in Australia: Non-banks are stepping up

Chart of the Month - January 2025

Back in 2007, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End topped the global box office and Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) issuance was riding high. But as the Global Financial Crisis hit full stride in 2008, the champagne went flat for ABS. ABS tumble...

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News, 09 Dec 2024

Glass half-full and bubbly

Economic Update - November 2024

Whether it is retail sales in Australia and China, consumer spending in Japan, increased GDP growth in the euro area, or a jubilant stock market in the US, there is suddenly more optimism in the air. Of course, there is also increased policy uncerta...

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News, 08 Nov 2024

Back in the USA

Economic Update - October 2024

While the world holds its collective breath for the outcome of the US election, the RBA finds itself stuck with sticky service inflation. What happened in Australia? The RBA just can’t win. While inflation has fallen from 3.8% in the June ...

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News, 01 Oct 2024

No alarms and no surprises, please

Economic Update - September 2024

Even when central bankers are surprised, they do so conservatively. Jerome Powell cut rates 50 bps but then did his best to allay any concerns that the US economy is secretly worse than it seems. Meanwhile, in Oz, the RBA remains alert but not alar...

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News, 02 Aug 2024

Rotation and spinning

Economic Update - July 2024

Continuing good inflation data in the US has sent markets into the “great rotation”. However, the Federal Reserve still needs a little more good news before it decides to cut. In Australia, the all-important June quarter CPI print was a mixe...

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Insights, 04 Jul 2024

Swimming Nude

Economic Update - June 2024

Tourist and alternative lifestyle mecca Byron Bay may be getting stripped of its nudist beach but it is the RBA that is getting embarrassed by larger than expected figures! Meanwhile, the EU has started cutting, the US remains on course for cuts, Japan ...

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Insights, 29 Apr 2024

Beyond Twenty30: Australia and India

Australian Spotlight - April 2024

For many, India is the new China, and Australia has a head start. Two years ago, on April 2, 2022,  Australia and India signed the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA). This was India’s first trade agreement with a ...

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Insights, 30 Sep 2023

The not so Grande Chinese property crisis

Chart of the Month - September 2023

When America sneezes, Australia catches a cold but what happens to Australia when China chokes on a property crisis? We are about to find out! The property sector represents around a quarter to a third of the Chinese economy. Rather than rebounding afte...

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