Macro View | James Foster

As reopenings draw closer, the RBA remained upbeat on the outlook for the domestic economy at this week's meeting where all settings rem...

Australian retail sales continued to fall  with state lockdowns restricting household spending. Sales in August were down a further 1.7%, ta...

As expected, the RBA left all monetary policy settings (0.1% targets on the cash rate and 3-year government bond yield and QE purchases of $...

The surplus on Australia's monthly trade account has reset to a new record high for the third month running rising to $15.1bn in August....

With QE switched onto autopilot for the summer as the RBA waits for the reopening of state economies to put the recovery back on track, mone...

A volatile September quarter drew to a close during the week, a period that saw a resurgent virus, growth concerns, rising inflation and ten...

Australian housing finance commitments fell by more than expected in August, posting their steepest decline since May 2020 with key policy s...

Australian dwelling approvals  lifted for the first time since the expiry of the HomeBuilder scheme  posting a 6.8% rise in August. That def...

In a policy-heavy week, meetings at 6 of the G10 central banks, as well as several in emerging markets,  featured.  As the  OECD  outlined i...

The sharp deterioration in the Australian economy since the middle of the year following the rise of the Delta variant and broad-based lockd...