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Some "inside-baseball" monetary policy machinations were revealed by the RBA yesterday, which banks and other expert RBA watchers summarise as the central bank...

The RBA should continue to wind back the policy stimulus delivered during the pandemic when it meets next month. The RBA will stop buying government bonds and there is...

Folks are starting to turn their minds to what life looks like after the end of the RBA's bond purchase program. There's a fairly robust consensus that Martin Place...

The market has become obsessed with the word ‘taper’, as it does with jargon from time to time, overusing a word from the Queen’s good English. As my writer wife...

In the AFR I write that after months of debate about whether the Reserve Bank of Australia would increase or decrease its stimulus in recognition of the COVID-induced...

There has been very big news today for both the government and bank bond markets in what would have come as a significant shock to the banking system and almost all...

After two consecutive months of surprises provoked by the RBA trying (unsuccessfully) to shift from its prior posture of data-dependent "nowcasting" to boldly...

The RBA "taper vs non-taper" decision for its bond purchase, or quantitative easing (QE), program will be resolved in September with many banks (eg, UBS, DB, CBA,...

I don't want to get back into the speculation game of what the RBA does or does not do in September. I've covered this territory before --- with the surprising move...

Interesting thoughts here from UBS on the RBA's QE program (see below), which reflects the emerging consensus, although I would personally like to secure some more...

COVID-19 has changed the world and the repercussions will be felt in the bond market for several years. But the message from markets is murky, at best. We're at the...

There is one little-known RBA watcher who has got things more-or-less right of late: Central Bank Intel's Sophia Rodrigues. About one month before the RBA announced...

My heart goes out to the many millions of individuals, families, and businesses staring down the barrel of extreme, lockdown-induced adversity across the country right...

In the AFR I write that in an important new speech on Thursday, RBA governor Phil Lowe confirmed that the central bank is grappling with the big macro questions that...

In the Q&A following his excellent speech today highlighting a 3 point something NAIRU, RBA Governor Phil Lowe provided further nuance and detail around his QE...

After months of anticipation, the RBA finally delivered on its third quantitative easing (QE) program. Way back on 5 February 2021, when Coolabah first forecast a $100...

In the AFR today I write that a crucial new development in the COVID-19 debate has been State governments declaring their hands on when Australia should resist...

In the AFR this weekend, I write that make no mistake, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has pulled off a minor miracle saving Australia’s prized AAA credit rating, which has...

In line with our analysis earlier in the week, the AFR's Economics Editor, John Kehoe, far and away the most accurate and precise RBA media conduit, has today...

The RBA has provided clear signalling that in July it will move to a new form of open-ended quantitative easing (QE) at the current run-rate of $5 billion of bond...