Katharine Tapley

Jan 14, 2025 | anz.com | Khoon Goh |Katharine Tapley |Sharon Zollner |Simone Fynmore

The new year will be a period of uncertainty and volatility in the Asian region, but also one of opportunity. Global trade, critical for Asia's economic prosperity, will be impacted by the tariff policies of the incoming administration in the United States. This is a major source of downside risk to the region's growth prospects for 2025. In a bid to offset the impact of these moves, ANZ Research expects China to implement fiscal and monetary stimulus measures to support domestic demand.

Jan 13, 2025 | anz.com | Hari Janakiraman |Katharine Tapley |Sharon Zollner

ANZ Research has brought forward its forecast for the first interest rate cut of the cycle in Australia to February 2025, after softer-than-expected November inflation data. ANZ Research previously expected the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would begin its easing cycle in May. Speaking to the 5 in 5 with ANZ podcast, ANZ Australia Senior Economist Catherine Birch said the outlook had changed following a weaker-than-expected monthly consumer price index (CPI) indicator in the November.

Dec 18, 2024 | anz.com | Hari Janakiraman |Katharine Tapley |Sharon Zollner |Richard Yetsenga

The year 2025 will see a continued maturation of generative artificial intelligence, or genAI, use in business – moving past the hype cycle and into genuine use cases which solve problems. Many businesses are already exploring how genAI can help them with customer services, the automation of invoice processing, reconciliation and accounts payable, and that will continue to accelerate in the new year. {video}Growth in the digital assets and tokenisation space in 2025 is also likely to continue.

Mar 7, 2024 | anz.com | Richard Yetsenga |Katharine Tapley

The journey toward gender parity has been slow. But the economic case for faster progress is only growing. International Women’s Day is a day for everyone, regardless of gender identity, to celebrate the achievements of women and mark the day as a call to action to accelerate gender parity. The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report documents some progress, though it is glacial. The backdrop is also shifting.

Sep 4, 2023 | bluenotes.anz.com | Katharine Tapley |Shayne Elliott

This commitment is clear even as external conditions weigh on broader market activity. Global green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) loan and bond issuance totalled $US338.4 billion in the first quarter 2023. Issuance volume recorded only a small decline of 1 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) compared with the fourth quarter of 2022, driven by the bounce back in fixed income markets.