taper

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

In his speech at the annual Jackson Hole Symposium, Federal Reserve chairman Powell sent three key messages. Firstly, he confirmed that the test of "substantial...

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...

Despite the recent sell-off, the promise of highly stimulatory monetary policy from the US Federal Reserve is the dominant force driving bond market yields today. The...