Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Household Spending Indicator (Aug. 26) The weakness in household spending in August suggests that the recent acceleration in consumption is already losing momentum. That probably won’t prevent the RBA from hiking rates at its meeting later... 29th September 2026 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Weekly AI boost to productive capacity remains elusive We share RBA Governor Bullock’s view that the AI boom is currently doing more to boost demand than the economy’s supply side. With business surveys also suggesting that price pressures remain elevated... 25th September 2026 · 5 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Labour Market (Aug. 2026) A solid rebound in employment in August didn’t prevent the jobless rate from rising again. With the labour market likely to cool even further in the coming months, we think the RBA’s 25bp hike next... 24th September 2026 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economic Outlook Rate hikes nearing their end The RBA will deliver another 25bp hike in September, given continued stickiness in underlying inflation. But unlike markets we doubt further tightening will prove necessary. With the labour market... 23rd September 2026 · 20 mins read
RBA Watch One more and done for the RBA With some of the upside inflation risks it had warned about now crystallising, the RBA is almost certain to hike rates by 25bp at its September meeting. However, we believe that will mark the end of... 22nd September 2026 · 8 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Weekly RBA won’t crush the labour market to rein in inflation With RBA Governor Bullock arguing this week that upside risks to inflation are materialising, a rate hike at the Bank’s September meeting looks like a done deal. And given that headline inflation will... 18th September 2026 · 5 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Weekly One more RBA hike should do the job RBA policymakers continued to signal concerns about upside risks to inflation, while survey data showed that firms still face elevated price pressures. We expect a 25bp hike to 4.60% later this month... 11th September 2026 · 5 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Weekly RBA will hike rates to 4.60% this month With the economy still growing around trend and trimmed mean inflation showing no signs of slowing, the upside risks to inflation that the RBA has been worried are starting to crystallise. We now... 4th September 2026 · 4 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia GDP (Q2 26) With GDP growth and inflation holding up better than the RBA had anticipated, the Bank will probably hike rates again before long, perhaps as soon as this month. 2nd September 2026 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Update Housing-market outlook hinges on the RBA Australian house prices continued to fall at a rapid pace in August. While we expect the pace of monthly declines to ease more noticeably in the months ahead, risks to this view have increased. If the... 1st September 2026 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Weekly The risk of another RBA rate hike is growing This week’s firm inflation and household spending data have raised the risk that the RBA’s tightening cycle is not yet over. But the investment picture is more mixed, while softer labour and housing... 28th August 2026 · 5 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Household Spending (July 2026) The strong pickup in household spending in July will likely reinforce the RBA’s hawkish bias, but our base case continues to be that it won’t go so far as to hike rates again. 27th August 2026 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Consumer Prices (Jul. 26) 26th August 2026 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Weekly RBA’s bark will be worse than its bite With the RBA keeping up its hawkish rhetoric, financial markets continue to see another rate hike this cycle as more likely than not. We remain sceptical. Data released this week show that labour... 21st August 2026 · 5 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Labour Market (July 2026) With the labour market continuing to cool, we doubt that the RBA will tighten policy any further despite its recent hawkish messaging. 20th August 2026 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Wage Price Index (Q2 26) Wage growth was weaker last quarter than the RBA had expected and supports our view that the Bank is done tightening. 19th August 2026 · 2 mins read
