RBA bond-buying announcement keenly awaited

Market looking forward to RBA's bond-buying announcement today for purchases under three-year yield target policy...

Westpac Evans sees Aussie 10-year yield at 1.9% end-2021

Westpac's chief economist Bill Evans has raised his forecast for US 10-year bond yield to 1.8% from 1.5% by the e...

Australia jobless rate drops to 6.4%; hours worked falls sharply due to leave

Australia's unemployment rate fell to 6.4% in January from 6.6% as the number of employed rose 29,100 while the n...

ANZ analysts see NZ in leading position to normalize monpol

Forex analysts at ANZ have created an interesting pressure gauge to measure and rank the distance that each G10 econo...

Key headlines from RBA statement Tuesday

From the RBA's February Monetary Policy Decision statement:
--QE extension of A$100 billion after current...

AOFM updates issuance guidance for rest of the year

Following the release of MYEFO on Thursday, the Australian Office of Financial Management has updated issuance plans...

Finally the MYEFO date...

After a few phone calls, I finally managed to get confirmation that MYEFO will be published on Thursday. Even the Tre...

Headlines from RBA Debelle's speech Tuesday

Headline from RBA Deputy Governor Guy Debelle’s speech Tuesday:

--RBA CAREFULLY MONITORING IMPACT OF...

RBA not buying bonds under yield target; A$2B under QE

The RBA will buy A$2.0 billion of November 2024 to May 2028 AGS under the A$100 billion QE program today.

T...

RBA buying longer-term Semis today

The RBA is buying A$1.0 billion of Semis with maturities in the July 2028 to May 2032 range. This is part of its purc...