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Latest economic articles
Australia and NZ Weekly 17 June 2024
Friday edition: analysis and forecasts for this week's key releases.
RBA Preview: Comforts and Confidence
The RBA Board is expected to leave the cash rate unchanged at next week’s meeting. The recent data-flow will provide some comfort that restrictive policy is bringing inflation back under control, but the path is still uncertain. Vigilance remains the order of the day until the RBA becomes more confident of achieving a sustained return to sub-3% inflation.
Commodities Update June 2024
The last month has seen a broad-based softening of commodities outside of met coal and LNG. This issue we continue our exploration of the base metals market, with a view to understanding their role in the transition to a low carbon economy. This month we focus on alumina, the raw material for aluminium (accounting for 30-40% of the primary cost of aluminium production). Here, constrained Chinese production, and rising demand look set to see prices remain elevated and volatile.
Latest markets articles
ABSolute Coverage - Securitisation & Covered Bond Weekly Update 14th June 2024
An update on the Australian Securitisation and Covered Bond Markets. This edition includes pricing details on securitisation transactions from HSBC, BC Invest, Brighten Home Loans, CNH, OurMoneyMarket, Brighte and UDC Finance in NZ. New mandates have been released from NAB, AFG, Bluestone, P&N Bank and Great Southern Bank in the RMBS sector and ABS mandates from Liberty, Angle Asset Finance, Latitude and MoneyMe. Following a whopping AUD12.5bn placed in May, YTD issuance now sits at AUD36.5bn.
AUD Rates Morning Chartpacks - 14 June 2024
Morning ACGB, Semi, SSA relative value chartpacks.
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