Petrol pain; More unemployed 

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Weekly petrol prices; Census; Chinese property Petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol rose by 1.5 cents to 127.4 cents a litre.... Read more continue reading

Will European politics break the market calm?

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Eric Stein, Co-Director of Global Income,  Eaton Vance, a global investment manager, notes that markets have been seemingly impervious to negative headlines and volatility, but emerging political uncertainty in Europe might... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 20 October, 2017

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly rose over the last week helped along by continuing good economic data. Eurozone shares were flat though with... Read more continue reading

CommSec State of the States – October 2017

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Overall Results How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out by analysing eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; business investment; unemployment; construction work... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 13 October, 2017

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While US and Eurozone shares rose only slightly over the last week, Japanese and Chinese shares saw strong gains and Australian... Read more continue reading

Investors wary as politics trumps projects

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Australia remains attractive to investors, but that reputation is now under material pressure, with investors spooked by rapid and unpredictable political interventions – say the findings of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia... Read more continue reading

Global expansion may have reached a self-sustaining velocity

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Clear signs that global expansion is on track The global economic recovery that began in early 2016 has reached a self-sustaining velocity. Momentum is likely peaking, but solid growth should... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 6 October, 2017

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Despite uncertainty about who will chair the Fed and tax reform in the US, 59 shot dead and over 500 injured... Read more continue reading

Aussies switch housing preferences

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Building approvals; Job ads; Consumer confidence; Home sales Dwelling approvals: Approvals by local councils to build new homes rose by 0.4 per cent in August after falling 1.2 per cent... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 29 September, 2017

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets pushed higher over the last week as solid economic data and ongoing talk of US tax reform more... Read more continue reading