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Vance says Fed should lower interest rates: ‘Would be nice to have some help’
4 Sep 2026
The Federal Reserve should cut interest rates to make homes more affordable, Vice President JD Vance said Thursday, adding to the pressure President Donald Trump has placed on the central bank to cut borrowing costs. The remarks came days after Trump’s handpicked Fed…
Read moreThe one thing that caught Goldman Sachs’ notice this earnings season
4 Sep 2026
After the relentless barrage of ASX earnings announcements during the August reporting season, the one thing that stood out the most for Goldman Sachs was the number of companies that rallied on better-than-expected results only…
Read moreASX to rise; Wesfarmers ups payout, Telstra expands buyback to $1.25b
Australian shares are poised to open higher, though gains in futures faded in line with Wall Street after US Federal Reserve minutes suggested some policymakers had raised the risk of an interest rate hike. ASX…
Fed officials split on where interest rates should go, minutes say
Divided Federal Reserve officials at their January meeting indicated that further interest rate cuts should be paused for now and could resume later in the year only if inflation cooperates. While the decision to hold…
Amazon snaps 9-day losing streak during which it lost more than $450 billion in value
Amazon shares closed up more than 1% on Tuesday, snapping a nine-day slide that shaved billions off of its market cap. The stock shed roughly 18% of its value between Feb. 2 and Friday, marking the…
Phil Lowe’s anti-woke plan to simplify rules for ASX companies
The ASX’s new corporate governance body, led by Philip Lowe, will focus on diversity of experience and thought – not personal characteristics such as sexuality, Indigenous heritage and disabilities – when it sets out new…
Global fund managers still bullish, though capex ‘too hot’
Global fund managers remain “uber-bullish” – the most optimistic since June 2021 – and as a result, it will be much harder for asset prices to rise this quarter when everyone is positioned for that,…
Mining and gaming to lead next wave of foreign ASX debuts
Australia is becoming an unlikely haven for foreign companies looking to raise money from the sharemarket, attracted by the massive pools of retirement savings that often helps lure more listings to the ASX than London…
CFTC defends its right to prediction market enforcement as states challenge platforms
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/17/cftc-defends-prediction-market-enforcement-states-challenge.html
Consumer prices rose 2.4% annually in January, less than expected
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/cpi-inflation-report-january-2026.html
Michelle Jablko and the problem of what comes next for Transurban
For Michelle Jablko, the former investment banker and ANZ finance boss who took the reins of toll road giant Transurban two years ago, the next 12 months could be make or break as investors demand…
Telstra warns of higher mobile bills over $7.2b fee
Telstra has warned of higher mobile phone bills if the Albanese government presses ahead with plans to charge telcos $7.2 billion to access mobile phone networks in Australia. In a rare pre-budget submission to Treasury,…