Macro View | James Foster

Australian dwelling approvals rebounded by 7% in August (vs 2.5% expected) following steep declines in June (-8.6%) and July (-7.4%). Approv...

The tenure of RBA governor Michele Bullock has commenced with the Board holding the cash rate steady at 4.1% (and the Exchange Settlement ra...

Australian housing finance commitments lifted by 2.2% in August, largely reversing declines over the prior two months. Commitments in August...

Although today's meeting will be the first overseen by the incoming governor Michele Bullock, the RBA Board is very likely to again  lea...

A tough Q3 came to a close this week, a quarter in which a significant shift higher in long-end US yields weighed heavily on equity valuatio...

Australian retail sales  lifted by 0.2% in August, disappointing expectations (0.3%) and slowing from a 0.5% rise in July. Discretionary-rel...

Australian CPI inflation  lifted off a 17-month low increasing to 5.2% in August from 4.9% in July, largely reflecting a spike in petrol pri...

Hawkish holds from the Fed and BoE were the highlights from a flurry of central bank meetings this week as the BoJ and SNB also left monet...

Signs the ECB's tightening cycle has peaked amid ongoing resilience in the US economy left the US dollar to continue its upward momentum...

Australian employment rebounded well above expectations in August, but the unemployment rate held at 3.7%. The overlay of rapid post-pandemi...

Australia's Labour Force Survey for August is due at 11:30am (AEST) today. Coming off a weak month in July, employment  is expected to  ...

Equities lost steam this week as US tech weighed on broad sentiment. The US dollar has continued to climb with the relative strength of the ...

Australia's trade surplus was $8bn in July, below expectations ($10bn) and narrowing from $10.3bn in June (revised from $11.3bn). This w...