Weekly market update – week ending 7 October, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares rose over the last week helped by a combination of good economic data and a further rise in oil prices.... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 30 September, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares had a volatile week, with support from higher oil prices but weakness in banks led by concerns around Deutsche Bank... Read more continue reading

What lies beneath: PIMCO’s September 2016 cylical outlook

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Our cyclical baseline forecast through 2017 is for a continuous expansion, mostly supportive monetary and fiscal policies and broadly range-bound markets. However we are concerned about risks lurking beneath the... Read more continue reading

Central banks again in the spotlight

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Central Banks are back in the spotlight this week. The Fed has postponed rate action again while the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has announced two policy changes. Principal Global Investors... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 23 September, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week With central bank announcements from the Bank of Japan and the Fed out of the way and benign, share markets rallied... Read more continue reading

Fed Statement: Let the dots – and the dissents – do the talking

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Going into yesterday’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the question was in what way – or ways – the statement and the accompanying Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) would signal... Read more continue reading

Australia clocked 24million people in the March quarter

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Australia’s population rose by 0.4% over QI and annual growth held steady at 1.4%. Australia’s population is estimated to be 24.1million as at March 2016. Net migration continues to be... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 16 September, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While the US share market recovered some of its loss from the previous week as fears of an imminent Fed rate... Read more continue reading

Australian jobs down (a bit), but full time jobs up and unemployment down too

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Employment fell by 3,900 in August, which was well below market expectations for a 15,000 gain but did follow stronger than expected growth of 26,000 in July. Annual jobs growth... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 9 September, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets were mostly up over the last week but Australian shares fell slightly. Mixed US data, the ongoing soap... Read more continue reading