It’s all about interest rates at the moment – how far will they rise? But, as NBA’s Tapas Strickland points out, China’s President Xi is warning central banks to sit tight, as his own PBoC lowers rates. It’s shaping up to be a year of divergent monetary policies.
The Times says the government is struggling with what to do with a windfall tax if they had one. One option they reckon is to reduce the cost of energy. Which of course helps everyone, but richer higher energy users would be the biggest beneficiary ...
No bounce in equity indices today, says NAB’s Taylor Nugent. It’s all down to growing concerns about a US economic slowdown. Like Cisco’s profit downgrade, for example. Plus the lowdown on yesterday’s Aussie employment numbers. https://t.co/aGBhCkChFv
