CommBank Global Economic & Markets Update podcast

Feb 02 2025 100 ep. 12 mins 115
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Global Economic & Markets Research team will cover off on the latest market and economic news and dive deep into the big issues impacting the Australian and global economy. Information in this podcast is of a general nature only. It does not take into account your objectives, financial situation or needs and does not constitute personal financial advice.

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FX Weekly – Tariffs, Bank of England meeting and NZ labour market data

Feb 02 2025 6 mins  
Carol Kong and Kristina Clifton discuss the top influences affecting currency markets this week, including US tariffs, the Bank of England’s policy meeting and New Zealand’s Q4 24 labour market data. Disclaimer: Important Information This podcast is approved and distributed by Global Economic & Markets Research (“GEMR”), a business division of the Commonwealth Ba

Aussie Weekly: CPI greenlights RBA interest rate cut

Feb 02 2025 11 mins  
The Q4 24 CPI data was a welcome set of numbers and in our view, greenlights an interest rate cut from the RBA later this month. In this week's podcast, Economist Harry Ottley and Senior Economist Stephen Wu take a closer look at the CPI data and the implications for the RBA, and preview the spending data coming out this week.

Sustainable Economics: Lowering truck emissions - limited today, promising future

Jan 29 2025 14 mins  
Trucks contribute to 27% of road transport emissions although being only 3% of vehicles in Australia. Despite low uptake of low-emission vehicles in Australia and globally, logistics and freight corporates are leading the way with various electric truck trials. In this episode, John Oh, Sustainable Economist, and Joseph Capurso, Head of International and Sustainable Economics, sit

FX Weekly - Tariffs, the Australian CPI and central banks announcements can drive currencies this week

Jan 27 2025 8 mins  
Kristina Clifton and Carol Kong discuss the major influences on the currencies this week including tariff news, Australian inflation data and several central bank interest rate announcements. Disclaimer: Important Information This podcast is approved and distributed by Global Economic & Markets Research (“GEMR”), a business division of the Commonwealth Bank of Austra

Aussie Weekly: All eyes on Q4 24 CPI

Jan 27 2025 10 mins  
While President Trump continues to dominate world news and global markets, the domestic focus this week will be on the critical Q4 2024 CPI data which could make or break the case for a February rate cut. In this week's podcast, Economist, Harry Ottley and Senior Economist, Stephen Wu take a deep dive on what we are expecting when the data prints at 11:30am Wednesday Sydney time.

The Australian economy in 2025

Jan 20 2025 35 mins  
The outlook for the Australian economy looks brighter in 2025 driven by expected interest rate reduction by the Reserve Bank of Australia. In our latest podcast the Australian Economics team deep dives into the outlook for growth, the labour market, inflation, wages, investment and housing. ------ DISCLAIMER ------ Important Information   This podcast is approved and dist

FX Weekly – President Trump’s inauguration, NZ CPI and Bank of Japan’s meeting

Jan 19 2025 6 mins  
Carol Kong and Kristina Clifton discuss the top influences on currency markets this week including President Trump’s inauguration, New Zealand’s Q4 24 CPI and the Bank of Japan’s policy meeting. Disclaimer: Important Information This podcast is approved and distributed by Global Economic & Markets Research (“GEMR”), a business division of the Commonwealth Bank

CommBank Household Spending Insights December 2024

Jan 14 2025 10 mins  
The choppy holiday spending period continued in December with a fall of 1.8% in the month in the CommBank Household Spending Insights series. This fall followed gains in October and November. Four categories fell in the month with Household goods recording the largest fall. Stephen Halmarick, Chief Economist and Belinda Allen, Senior Economist dive into the details of the HSI as we

FX Weekly - US CPI and Australian labour force data will be important for the Australian dollar this week

Jan 12 2025 8 mins  
Kristina Clifton and Joseph Capurso talk about the top three influences on currency markets this week including the US CPI, Australian labour force data and China’s fourth quarter GDP which will tell us if the Chinese authorities met their 2024 economic growth target of ‘around 5%’. Disclaimer: Important Information This podcast is approved and distributed by Global Eco

Aussie Weekly: A very good inflation report to start the year

Jan 12 2025 15 mins  
In this week’s episode – the first for 2025 – Stephen Wu and Harry Ottley discuss last week’s November inflation report and why it’s positive news for the Australian inflation story. They also dive into the various spending measures and cover what to look out for in this Thursday’s jobs report. Disclaimer: Important Information This podcast is approved and distrib