Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Labour Market (Sep. 2024) With the labour market running red hot, the Reserve Bank of Australia won’t cut rates before the first half of next year. 17th October 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response New Zealand Consumer Prices (Q3 2024) The weaker-than-expected Q3 CPI data reinforce our conviction that the RBNZ will loosen policy more aggressively than most are expecting. 15th October 2024 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Monthly CPI Indicator (Aug. 2024) The Reserve Bank of Australia will look past the sharp fall in headline inflation in August, given that the plunge was driven in large part government energy rebates. That said, the fact that... 25th September 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Labour Market (Aug. 24) The labour market and population data released today are consistent with our view that the Reserve Bank of Australia will only lower interest rates in Q2 2025. 19th September 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia GDP (Q2 2024) Although activity likely bottomed out last quarter, the ongoing weakness in private demand raises the risk that the RBA will cut rates sooner rather than later. 4th September 2024 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Monthly CPI Indicator (Jul. 2024) 28th August 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Labour Market (Jul. 2024) The slight uptick in the unemployment rate last month belies a renewed acceleration in employment growth. Accordingly, the data are unlikely to assuage the RBA’s concerns about a tight labour market. 15th August 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Wage Price Index (Q2 2024) The RBA probably won’t read too much into the fact that annual wage growth stalled last quarter. A gradual loosening of the labour market should ensure that wage pressures do ease in the quarters... 13th August 2024 · 3 mins read