Market Outlook in conversation

February 2022 - the year ahead for the RBA, the 2021/22 commodity price rally, Australian housing and US FOMC

Episode Summary

In our first podcast back for 2022, Westpac Economics assess recent economic and market developments and distil the implications for 2022.

Episode Notes

Key themes discussed this month include:

• The year ahead for the RBA (Chief Economist Bill Evans)
• Westpac’s 2022 outlook for the Australian economy 11:58min (Senior Economist Andrew Hanlan)
• Assessing the sustainability of the 2021/22 commodity price rally 17:15min (Senior Economist Justin Smirk)
• Australian housing in 2022, lessons from history 21:40min (Senior Economist Matthew Hassan)
• The US FOMC: inflation, uncertainty and policy normalisation 26:55min (Senior Economist Elliot Clarke).

Any information provided in this podcast is general in nature and has been prepared without taking into account any personal circumstances.