FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH … my view is that there is growing evidence to suggest inflation will not be as sticky as many pundits would have you believe.
Despite a recent surge in residential rentals, Australia’s inflation seems to have reached its peak and is expected to rapidly recede. And that’s evidenced by the June figures just out, showing that inflation has fallen from 7% to 6% per annum, over the last quarter. [Read more…]
The RBA’s underlying rate of inflation rose by 3.5% in the year to September — less that what the markets and the RBA itself expected.
However, this figure needs to fall significantly for the RBA will put interest rates on hold again.
Rate Rises
With low inventories and industry capacity-use levels up over 80% once more … you could well see the economy reach full capacity sometime early in 2010.
And this was highlighted in last week’s job figures — showing employers took on 24,500 new workers in October, compared with the 10,000 expected.
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Clearly, many households and first home buyers will have reason to complain … but someone had to step up and show leadership. And it certainly wasn’t going to be the Labor Party.
The RBA's Reasons for Increasing Rates
Rather than simply basking in the recent praise from the IMF and other G20 members.
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