Proposed US steel tariffs drive shares lower

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Economic and Financial Market developments US tariffs: The US dollar slumped and sharemarkets fell in response to news on proposed tariffs. What happened? US President Donald Trump has indicated that... Read more continue reading

First annual fall in Sydney home price in 5½ years

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Home prices; Manufacturing Home prices: The CoreLogic Home Value Index of capital city home prices fell by 0.3 per cent in February to stand 2.0 per cent higher over the year.... Read more continue reading

Powell’s congressional testimony displays commitment to threading-the-needle between goal attainment and overheating

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Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income, regarding FOMC Chair Powell’s testimony before the U.S. Congress. Since the late-1970s, when Congress mandated that the Federal Reserve provide... Read more continue reading

Global macro economic update on the week ahead (Week beginning 26 February)

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Summary Next week, attention will focus on the new Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s first semi-annual monetary policy testimony to Congress. Strategy review Spike in volatility provides attractive opportunity Markets... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 23 February, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were mixed over the last week with the US share market giving up a bit of its rebound from... Read more continue reading

Vacancy rates drop in January

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Data released by SQM Research this week has revealed the national residential vacancy rate fell to 2.3% in January 2018, with the number of vacancies Australia-wide falling to 74,113, down... Read more continue reading

Global macro economic outlook on the week ahead (week beginning 19 February, 2018)

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Summary With equities up despite an upside surprise on the US consumer price index (CPI), it appears more likely that the recent equity sell off was about an unexpected spike... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 16 February, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets rebounded over the last week as share investors became a bit more relaxed about the prospect of higher inflation... Read more continue reading

Global macro economic update for the week beginning 12 February, 2018

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Summary Systematic volatility trading triggered the sharp fall in equity markets as the low-volatility regime was hit. This week, attention will be focused on a range of inflation reports. The... Read more continue reading

The pullback in shares – seven reasons not to be too concerned

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Key points The current pullback in shares has been triggered by  worries around US inflation, the Fed and rising bond yields but made worse by an unwinding of bets that... Read more continue reading