central banks

First, it was "unprecedented". Then, it was "transitory". When that left the airwaves, US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell told us all to "retire" the word in...

The inspiration for the title of this wire is a Forbes article published earlier this week by Brian Domitrovic of The Laffer Center in Texas. In it, Brian declared...

Transitory was the macro word of 2021 as the Federal Reserve and other major central banks attempted to calm markets about the pace of inflation. Investors fought...

The spectre of sustained high inflation and the behaviour of bond markets continue to perplex market observers as the year draws to a close and attention turns to...

Nineteen months since the end of the COVID-19 recession, Morgan Stanley's Nathan Lim believes we are currently well into the middle of the current economic cycle. In...

In the 1970s, inflation had a critical effect on pushing rates higher, further entrenching inflationary expectations. According to the RBA, the three-month bank bill...

'One swallow does not a summer make'... but with shipments for the Black Friday sales (in the US) and Christmas shopping now largely in transit on ocean shipping...

The inflection points in financial markets look clearer in the charts than they feel in the heat of the moment. When it comes to monetary policy, the watersheds are...

Central banks in advanced economies have come to realise elevated inflation will persist for longer. They no longer see inflation as transitory, and recognise it will...

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...

(Sydney, September 28, 2021)—At the press conference following the release of the FOMC’s September statement, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that if...

Momentum in global growth has unexpectedly softened in recent months. Persistent supply chain disruptions are hampering production, slowing spending and delaying...

The hurdle for the Reserve Bank of Australia to backtrack on the bond-buying taper decision remains high and keeping it elevated would be the rapidly accelerating pace...

Variations in vaccination progress and economic stimulus have delayed synchronization of the global economic recovery. The U.S. is expected to lead the recovery in...

A potential “taper tantrum” as the US Federal Reserve eventually winds back record stimulus is the number #1 macro topic for 2021, Wilson Asset Management portfolio...

The drumbeat of central banks heading towards the exits from ultra-easy monetary policy is getting louder. It started with the Bank of Canada, then the Bank of England...

The famous 1955 quote by then US Federal Reserve Chairman William McChesney Martin was that “The Federal Reserve… is in the position of the chaperone who has ordered...

The local market started positive before fading into negative territory on low turnover. We have started the 11th consecutive week of aggregate weekly turnover below...

In 2006, at just 35 years of age, following a stellar career as a financier and economist in the US, Kevin Warsh was appointed to the US Federal Reserve Board,...

The local market had a volatile day that finished slightly positive. We have finished the ninth consecutive week without a single day’s turnover above $9 billion....