monetary policy – Page 8 – ricardian ambivalence

RBA moves to 2.75% — on supply?

I hate being wrong, and I was wrong in size today — missing the RBA’s 13th rate cut since 2002.

The RBA meets today to talk about the 13th rate cut since 2001. Of the twelve prior rate cuts, this

The RBA meets for their regular monthly meeting tomorrow (on Tuesday 7 May), and the market is split evenly on

The Australian’s Uren writes that the RBA is unlikely to cut rates despite the recent run of softer data. This

The May FOMC statement contained only a few tweaks. The main change was in the policy section, where the FOMC

THe FOMC concludes a two-day meeting on 1 May (NY time). There is, however, little chance that the FOMC will

A key reason i do not think the RBA will ease their policy rate at their May meeting is that

As often occurs in the economist game, the data has started swinging back toward a rate cut. Following the soft

With Q1’13 CPI much lower than anticapited the obvious question is if the RBA will respond by cutting rates in

[note this is the third in a series looking at the indicators for Q1’13 Australian CPI: we have also looked

Around this time of each quarter, I keenly anticipate the release of the NZ CPI data. Over time, experience has

The monthly labour market report has a way of making fools of people — but in the last two months