Money Matters: The Failure of Inflation Targeting and the Implications for the Cost of Capital.
Advocates of inflation targeting claim that central banks can control prices through monetary policy and that by targeting a relatively low and...
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Australia's Major Banks - Look Through the Negative Sentiment
Much of the newsflow around Australia's major banks has been negative in the past year. In addition to the prospect of a further lift in capital...
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Stronger Economic Conditions and Good Credit Growth Supports Australia's Wide Moat-Rated Major Banks
Australia’s economic outlook is brighter following the release of better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2016 national accounts. We have long argued...
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Money Matters: Deutschland Über Alles?
Eurozone inflation announced today came in "on target" at 2% for the first time in 4 years!! To give credit where credit is due, between 2001 and...
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Money Matters: Ready for Lift-Off?
The Personal consumption expenditure numbers in the US were released today. Income grew 0.4% MoM, an annualised rate of nearly 5% but the deflator...
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