Dutch Pension Overhaul Risks Creating ‘Basis Trap’ for Banks
Dutch pension funds are expected to unwind interest-rate swap trades as they move to a new investing model,…
What Australia can learn from the great Kiwi interest rate hike experiment
The rate-cutting cycle is over. That’s the considered view of the bulk of the nation’s economists and most…
RBA keeps rates on hold in December at 3.6pc, ‘uncomfortable’ with inflation at current level
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left interest rates on hold at 3.6 per cent, with the…
Australia Keeps Interest Rates Steady at 3.6%
MT Newswires -Shutterstock Australia’s central bank left interest rates steady at 3.6% as predicted by analysts, according to…
Rate hike calls ‘premature’ as inflation ‘not a problem’, AMP’s Diana Mousina says ahead of Tuesday’s cash rate decision
Expectations of a rate hike are “premature”, according to a top economist who believes the current inflation rate…
Australian economy strong compared to Donald Trump’s US mess
The strength in the value of the Aussie dollar against the US dollar — up more than 7%…
Interest rate hikes increasingly likely in 2026 but a major event would produce the opposite result
An interest rate hike on Tuesday is a practical impossibility. But if a growing number of forecasters are…
The 5 years that changed Australia
Grocery bills have been one of the things adding pressure to Aussie households over the past five years.…
India cuts rates to 5.25% as expected as central bank flags ‘weakness in some key economic indicators’
The Reserve Bank of India logo outside its headquarters in Mumbai on Feb. 7, 2025. Indranil Mukherjee |…
World Bank warns developing world ‘not out of danger’ as debt costs hit record
By Libby George LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – The gap between developing nations’ debt servicing costs and new…
Silver Nears Record as US Payrolls Reinforce Fed Rate-Cut Bets
(Bloomberg) — Silver traded near a record high after US payroll data reinforced bets that the Federal Reserve…
What the latest GDP numbers mean for interest rates and the economy
On a couple of occasions, former treasurer and prime minister Paul Keating described favourable gross domestic product figures…