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Tapas Strickland

Tapas Strickland

“Tapas is an Economist within Global Markets Research at the National Australia Bank (NAB). ”

Tapas is Director, Economics at NAB and provides commentary and insights for our clients on the economy and financial markets including regularly kicking off the working day with key overnight updates on NAB’s Morning Call podcast. Having recently spent the past couple of years in our London office, he continues to work with NAB’s diverse range of clients, from SMEs to institutions, both in Australia and abroad. Prior to NAB, Tapas spent six years at the Reserve Bank of Australia and also worked as an economic adviser in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, advising the Gillard, Rudd and Abbott governments.

RECENTLY PUBLISHED ARTICLES

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Yields are rising in Australia and globally as the reflation trade takes hold.

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In this Weekly we delve into monthly trade figures and show how Australian exporters are finding markets for some of the goods subject to Chinese restrictions.

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There’s absolutely no surprise that Donald Trump has been acquitted in Washington,

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Markets have been fairly subdued on the back of soft inflation numbers in the US, and as investors hold off for any revelations from Jerome Powell as he addresses the Economic Club of New York.

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Australia’s vaccine rollout is due to start in late February with the ambitious target of having the population vaccinated by October.

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Janet Yellen shrugged off concerns about the Biden stimulus package unleashing inflation on the US economy.

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Today sees the first RBA Board Meeting of the year.

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Equities were hit hard on Friday as the Reddit warriors made their mark.

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The IMF has upped their forecasts for global growth but, as Tapas Strickland suggests on this morning’s podcast, markets don’t tend to pay a lot of attention to these numbers

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New highs on the NASDAQ and S&P500.

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An internal RBA document obtained under a freedom of information request discussed the likely impact of low interest rates on asset prices (see RBA FOI).

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Markets are looking through the prospect on any unrest on inauguration day, but the more immediate question is what will the President do today?

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An ensuing impeachment of the US President continues to be of little concern to the markets.

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