Morgans Financial

Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist

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Dec 18, 2025

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Strong US Employment will lead to a July Rate Hike: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 13.07.2022

The FED needs to slow employment growth from 372,00 per month to 100,000 per month. This will likely lead to another 75 basis point rate hike in July 2022. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

RBA Rapid Fire Rate Hikes: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 06.07.2022

The Fed and the RBA are pulling Pandemic support as rapidly as they dare. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

The US Recession That Isn't There: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 29.06.2022

US slowdown, Australian boom. Chicago FED National Activity Index: https://www.chicagofed.org/research/data/cfnai/current-data Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

Why the ASX 200 is worth 7100 points: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 21.06.2022

The ASX 200 is the most undervalued it's been since 2012 and 2013. It needs time to base. A strong rally is likely by the end of 2022. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

The FED Shock Rate Hike: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 16.06.2022

The Federal Reserve hikes rates by 75 basis points and tells us they saved the US economy from recession. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

Why The RBA Cash Rate Must Rise: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 09.06.2022

The Australian cash rate is rising with the US effective fed funds rate as rates “normalise” to remove extraordinary pandemic stimulus. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

How to see a US Recession??? | Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 01.06.2022

Michael shows how to use the Chicago Fed National Activity Indicator at chicagofed.org to see if a US recession is near. Chicago Fed National Activity Index: https://www.chicagofed.org/research/data/cfnai/current-data Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.insta...

US Economy's "Soft Landing?" | Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 18.05.2022

US GDP growth should slow but low US unemployment should bring rising living standards. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

Why the RBA cash rate may rise to 3.7%: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 04.05.2022

The RBA forecast for core inflation has risen to 4.75% in 2022. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

Is the US heading for recession? | Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 20.04.2022

We show how to examine the US yield curve to find out when recession is near. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

Powerful Fed Tools will rein in US Inflation: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 13.04.2022

The Fed intends to Sell $US720 billion of Treasury bonds and $US420 billion of Mortgage-backed securities per year, to force up US long-term yields and slow the US Economy. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitt...

Will the Commodities Boom ever rest?: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 06.04.2022

How US budget deficits have driven the Australian commodities boom. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

Boom Time Budget: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 30.03.2022

Unemployment is the lowest in decades. Scarce Labour will now drive up real wages. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

How Budget Deficits Caused US Inflation: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 23.03.2022

The Feds Rate Hikes and quantitative tightening haul down US inflation. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

Food, Oil, War Risk: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 09.03.2022

War risk makes it impossible for ships to get insurance to load Russian cargo in the northern black sea. This cripples Russian exports of cargoes of Russia’s own oil and its own wheat. Russians have an incentive to end the war sooner rather than later. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.co...

The Ukraine Crisis: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 16.02.2022

The Germans are the important players not the Americans. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

The Fed, the RBA and Market Sentiment: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 09.02.2022

We analyse how bearish US stock market sentiment in fact suggests heathy stock market returns. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

Why high inflation is misery: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 02.02.2022

High Inflation drives down real wages. The result of all this stimulus is that US unemployment in December fell to 3.9%. This is full employment on any measure. At this level of a low unemployment, the US economy is running out of people to give extra jobs to. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.fac...

Fed Team Player Powell Gets A Second Term: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 25.11.2021

Brainard is brilliant, but Powell a better leader. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

Why The Market Is Still So Strong: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 17.11.2021

We look at the US credit market to find two indicators of stock market health. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU

Why The RBA is right to believe that inflation will fall: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 10.11.2021

We look at the RBA statement on monetary policy for November, where growth is strong but inflation is not. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU #Economy #RBA #Inflation

Soft construction brings a weak 3rd quarter for Chinese GDP: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 27.10.2021

Michael Knox discusses how a slowing Chinese GDP is a structural problem, because of slowing labour force growth. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU #ChineseGDP #China #Chineselabour #Chinese...

Australia's strong recovery from shutdown: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 25.10.2021

We think GDP Fell 0.8% in Q3 2021 but will be up by 5% in the year to Q3 2022. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitter: twitter.com/MorgansAU #Economy #AusGDP #Finance

Misunderstanding monetary policy: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 17.10.2021

There is more to monetary policy than just increasing the cash rate. Michael Knox discusses how there are many more variable elements to consider when understanding monetary policy. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Australia On Twitt...

Why the ASX 200 is worth 7.180 points: Michael Knox, Morgans Chief Economist 14.10.2021

US corporate tax payments and US political uncertainty are generating a modest equity market correction that could continue in November. Michael Knox discusses his views with the Morgans network. Check out more from Morgans: Visit the Morgans website: www.morgans.com.au Check out our blog: www.morgans.com.au/Blog On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorgansAU On Instagram: www.instagram.com/Morgans. Aust...

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