Interest rates news, research and analysis - the conversation

Interest rates news, research and analysis - the conversation


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October 25, 2018 Richard Holden, _UNSW Sydney_ We should ignore out-of-date and failed theories and test what full employment really means in 2018. September 11, 2018 Alain Naef, _University


of Cambridge_ A number of emerging markets are struggling but this doesn’t mean they are totally related. August 28, 2018 Hoa Trinh, _University of Toronto_ It’s been 10 years since the


U.S. signed into law a scheme to print money, essentially, and save the financial sector amid the sub-prime mortgage meltdown. Did it work? And who’s truly benefitted? July 26, 2018 Richard


Holden, _UNSW Sydney_ As with economic growth and wages, the RBA’s response seems to involve crossing as many fingers and toes as possible and publicly proclaiming that things are looking


good. July 23, 2018 Sheila Tschinkel, _Emory University_ President Trump has been attacking the Fed’s current policy of slowly raising interest rates. A former central bank official explains


why that’s so troubling. June 21, 2018 Richard Holden, _UNSW Sydney_ A whole bunch of folks are on the wire, and if their housing payments go up they are going to struggle. June 8, 2018


Gulcin Ozkan, _University of York_ The Turkish lira has dropped more than 15% this year against the US dollar. May 16, 2018 Stephen Kirchner, _University of Sydney_ If the RBA continues to


sacrifice its inflation target on the altar of financial stability risks, inflation expectations and our wages growth will continue to languish. May 10, 2018 Christopher Boyce, _University


of Stirling_ New research shows there is a direct relationship between central bank interest rate decisions and mental health. May 3, 2018 Richard Holden, _UNSW Sydney_ All eyes will be on


how ASIC and APRA respond to the findings of the banking royal commission. Will they be defensive about past mistakes, or move forward with tighter regulations? April 12, 2018 Richard


Holden, _UNSW Sydney_ Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke of plans to further open up the Chinese economy this week - and the world economy should hope US president Trump feels vindicated by


this. April 5, 2018 Richard Holden, _UNSW Sydney_ The Reserve Bank is clinging to sunny GDP forecasts, but stubbornly low inflation and low wage growth mean even these look weak. March 19,


2018 Christopher Palmer, _MIT Sloan School of Management_ Most of us bargain hunt when shopping for a new blouse or pair of blue jeans, yet for some reason we don’t with interest rates,


potentially costing us thousands of dollars. March 19, 2018 Steven Pressman, _Colorado State University_ and Robert H. Scott III, _Monmouth University_ The collapse of an obscure corner of


the financial market a decade ago foreshadowed the Great Recession. The stock-market swoon in February should offer a similar warning. March 18, 2018 Efrem Castelnuovo, _The University of


Melbourne_; Bruce Preston, _The University of Melbourne_, and Giovanni Pellegrino, _The University of Melbourne_ While the RBA might not be able to influence the current cash rate, it can


still influence longer-term rates by offering guidance about its future policy decisions. March 8, 2018 Richard Holden, _UNSW Sydney_ Statements from the RBA show it’s little wonder markets


are not predicting a rate increase this year. February 8, 2018 Richard Holden, _UNSW Sydney_ The data shows a tricky balancing act for policy makers. Interest rates will need to rise but too


quickly could squash the recovery. December 14, 2017 Richard Holden, _UNSW Sydney_ Housing and wages loom as stubborn problems that could bring our economy unstuck in the year ahead.


November 9, 2017 Richard Holden, _UNSW Sydney_ Business conditions aren’t translating to confidence, despite growing profits and jobs. November 2, 2017 Greg Wright, _University of


California, Merced_ The chair of the Federal Reserve is often considered the world’s ‘second-most-powerful person.’ So who is Jerome Powell and why does it matter that he may soon head the


Fed?