We don’t need to jump into a DeLorean to recall markets one year ago because much of the same rhetoric exists today.
This time last year, the US Fed funds rate was 3.75 to 4 per cent, on the way to its current 5.25 to 5.50 per cent range, and the Reserve Bank had hiked interest rates for an eighth month in a row taking the cash rate above 3 per cent for the first time since 2013.