Swati Pandey

Australia’s central bank assessed that keeping interest rates unchanged this year would have resulted in core inflation going below the 2.5% midpoint of its target, Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser said.

Australia’s central bank is closely monitoring the state of the labor market as persistent tightness may signal a stronger economy, Governor Michele Bullock said, adding that policymakers aren’t “pre-committed” to any path for interest rates.

Australia’s central bank is closely monitoring the state of the labor market as persistent tightness may signal a stronger underlying impulse in the economy, adding that policymakers aren’t “pre-committed” to any path for interest rates.

Australia’s unemployment rate rose further in January even as hiring exceeded expectations, highlighting that employment has failed to keep pace with the number of people looking for work.

Australia’s central bank cut interest rates for the first time in four years as price pressures cool while stressing it won’t ease as aggressively as markets anticipate.

Australia’s central bank is poised to cut interest rates for the first time in four years even as the board remains alert to potential inflationary pressures from mounting global trade turmoil and risks of an election splurge at home.

Singapore’s economy ended last year on a stronger note than initially expected, putting the government in a better position to navigate global uncertainties from US tariffs and voters’ cost of living anxieties in an election year.

Australia’s weak economic expansion and stubbornly strong inflation, together with uncertainty over international trade, may challenge the Reserve Bank’s efforts to engineer a soft landing, according to a former central bank economist.

Australia is expected to remain resilient to global trade fractures, according to economists at Citigroup Inc., even as US President Donald Trump unleashes tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.

Australian house prices slid further in January as buyers in the triangle of Melbourne-Canberra-Sydney found themselves increasingly priced out of those markets, just as prospects strengthen for an interest-rate cut.