Saturday, 8 November 2025 02:44 WIB | Fiscal & monetary
Two weeks before the US Federal Reserve's final meeting, with the federal government's data taps closed, Atlanta Fed staff bolstered their economic outlook by analyzing how previous surveys of business executives aligned with data on employment, spending, output, and other data recorded in federal...
Tuesday, 4 November 2025 17:18 WIB | Fiscal & monetary
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided to maintain the cash rate at its current level following its November policy meeting. The RBA assessed that despite improving financial conditions, inflationary pressures remain in the economy, particularly with recovering private demand and a slightly...
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 22:11 WIB | Fiscal & monetary
The Fed is expected to cut the federal funds rate by 25bps at its October 2025 meeting, bringing its target range to 3.75%–4.00%. A similar cut is expected in September, which would lower borrowing costs to their lowest level since 2022.
Markets will be closely watching the December guidance,...
Friday, 22 August 2025 14:18 WIB | Fiscal & monetary
Fed Chair Powell's looming speech at the annual Jackson Hole symposium will be the next catalyst for the U.S. dollar moves, says Joe Capurso, an economist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Still, don't expect Powell to give a clear signal in either direction.
He is likely to keep his options...
Asian stock markets opened cautiously at the start of the week, with the MSCI Asia Pacific index rising slightly by 0.2%. The Kospi led the gains,... 
European markets opened lower on Tuesday (November 18th) as global markets weakened amid renewed concerns over AI-related stocks.
The pan-European... 
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said on Monday the U.S. central bank needs to "proceed slowly" with any further interest rate cuts as it... 
The three major stock averages in the US swung around the flatline on Monday, as investors braced for the resumption of economic data releases from...