economic outlook

• A synchronised approach to monetary policy

  Grant Feng (Vanguard) shares some of the latest insights from Vanguard in relation to its global economic and market outlook.

   

• Australia -vs- rest of the world on Inflation & Interest rates

  "The RBA is lagging has more work to do! In Sept 23 quarterly inflation rose from 0.8% to 1.2%, but cash rate's been sitting at 4.1% since June 23, after 12 rate hikes. Is the RBA doing enough? " asks Ashley Owen,

• Last time we had an inflation-busting rate-hike recession – shares surged! This Time is Different - or is it?

  "Nothing scares investors more than news of a ‘recession!’ But why? Recessions have mostly been good for Australian shares!" says Ashley Owen, "Contrary to the popular myth that recessions are bad for share markets, in the vast majority of economic ‘recessions’ in Australia over the past 150 years, the local share market has actually risen! "