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As of January 8, 2023, this website has ceased publishing and no further articles will be published.

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Reserve Bank of Australia

Analysis: RBA Lowe’s Forward Guidance Viewed Through CB-Intel Stories

(This Article was first published on Friday, January 6)

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, January 6, 2023)—Much has been written about Governor Philip Lowe backtracking from the Reserve Bank of Au...

Published on: 08 Jan 2023, 11:30 PM
Analysis: Christmas Spending And RBA’s February Cash Rate Decision

(This Analysis was first published on Thursday, January 5 at 9:14 PM as an email to premium subscribers)

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, January 5, 2023)—When I sent my Christmas wishes to a fri...

Published on: 06 Jan 2023, 04:35 PM

Reserve Bank of NZ

RBNZ Projects Higher OCR Peak As Focus Shifts To Higher Short-term Neutral Rate

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, November 23, 2022)—The Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised the official cash rate by 75bps to 4.25% and projected a peak OCR of 5.5% by September 2023 after agreeing to &ldq...

Published on: 23 Nov 2022, 02:49 PM
Ahead of RBNZ OCR Decision and MPS

The RBNZ is likely to raise the OCR by 75bps and reiterate its resoluteness to achieve the inflation target.

--There will likely be shifts in the OCR track to suggest a higher peak of around 5% in this tight...

Published on: 23 Nov 2022, 09:48 AM

Reserve Bank of India

Analysis: RBI Rate Hike -- Normal or Above-Normal?

(This Analysis was first published on Tuesday, September 27)

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, September 27, 2022)—If 50 basis points rate hike is the new normal, does the shift in global rate vie...

Published on: 29 Sep 2022, 01:00 PM
Analysis: India RBI’s Unique MPC Framework May Signal Need For Action

(This Analysis was first published on Thursday, October 7 at 11:51 PM as an email to premium subcribers)

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, October 7, 2021)—The Reserve Bank of India is an inflatio...

Published on: 08 Oct 2021, 01:27 PM

Other Central Banks

Analysis: Central Banks’ Key Message May Shift To Over-Tightening Bias

(This analysis was first published on November 9 at 3:46 PM as an email to premium subscribers)

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, November 9, 2022)—Central banks are treading on a narrow path, bal...

Published on: 11 Nov 2022, 01:36 PM

Govt/Economy

AOFM’s May 2034 Bond Attracts Strong Demand, Even Better Than Nov 2033 Syndication

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, November 7, 2022)—The syndication of the 3.75% May 2034 Australian government bond has attracted bids over A$32.1 billion by the close of Sydney hours Monday, a strong outc...

Published on: 07 Nov 2022, 07:34 PM
AOFM Likely To Lower 2022-23 Bonds Issuance Task To Around A$75 billion

(This article was first published on Tuesday, October 25 at 8:54 PM as an email to premium subscribers)

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, October 25, 2022)—The Australian Office of Financial Manag...

Published on: 27 Oct 2022, 10:37 PM

Opinion

OPINION: Why Number of Coronavirus Cases is More Important Than Mortality Rate

By Sophia Rodrigues

In the past few days, I have read several articles about how the mortality rate for coronavirus may be overstated, and therefore it is more important to focus on the accurate* mortal...

Published on: 14 Mar 2020, 12:00 AM

LATEST SNIPPETS

Analysis: RBA Lowe’s Forward Guidance Viewed Through CB-Intel Stories

CB-Intel's last published article reviews RBA's forward guidance through the lens of CB-Intel stori...

Published on: 08 Jan 2023, 11:32 PM
Australia AOFM’s CEO Rob Nicholl To Join IMF

The chief executive of the Australian Office of Financial Management Rob Nicholl is leaving to join the Int...

Published on: 22 Jul 2022, 04:34 PM
RBA Lowe's speech on Wed not under embargo

RBA Governor Philip Lowe will deliver a speech on July 20, but the speech will not be released under embarg...

Published on: 19 Jul 2022, 04:03 PM
RBNZ Hike 50bps to 2.5%

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised the official cash rate by 50bps for the third meeting in a row, taki...

Published on: 13 Jul 2022, 12:57 PM
RBA raises cash rate 50bps to 1.35%

The Reserve Bank of Australia has increased the cash rate target by 50bps to 1.35%, marking two consecutive...

Published on: 05 Jul 2022, 03:03 PM
Westpac also ups RBA cash rate forecast to 2.1% by Dec (from 1.75%)

Westpac chief economist Bill Evans has raised his forecast for RBA cash rate, now expecting the policy rate...

Published on: 07 Jun 2022, 05:21 PM
CBA ups RBA rate forecast; sees 2.1% year-end, with risk of 2.35%

Economists at Commonwealth Bank have revised higher their forecast for RBA cash rate, now expecting the rat...

Published on: 07 Jun 2022, 04:58 PM
NAB ups RBA cash rate forecast to 2% by Dec (from 1.35%)

Economists at National Australia Bank are revising up their RBA cash rate forecast following the 50bps hike...

Published on: 07 Jun 2022, 04:15 PM
RBA raises cash rate 50bps to 0.85%

The Reserve Bank of Australia raised the cash rate target by 50bps to 0.85%. The rate on Exchange Settlemen...

Published on: 07 Jun 2022, 02:47 PM
Australia net export to subtract 1.7 points from Q1 GDP

Net export will detract 1.7 percentage points from Australia's March quarter GDP, data published by Aus...

Published on: 31 May 2022, 11:44 AM