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

Happy 25th birthday Australian economy

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National accounts Record expansion: The Australian economy has just completed 25 consecutive years of economic growth. The last recession ended in June 1991. Solid growth: The economy grew by 0.5... Read more continue reading

ECB preview – More easing expected in December

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Baseline We expect the European Central Bank (ECB) to leave policy unchanged at the 8 September Governing Council meeting. We do, however, expect it to ease at the 12 December... Read more continue reading

Volatility creates opportunity

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Overview The UK referendum on European Union membership has introduced political and economic uncertainty across Europe. It is unclear what the UK relationship with Europe will be in future, and... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 2 September, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While Japanese shares rose solidly over the last week helped by talk of more monetary easing and a fall in the... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 26 August, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While Eurozone shares rose 1.2% over the last week US shares fell 0.7%, Australian shares lost 0.2%, Japanese shares fell 1.1%... Read more continue reading

Election jitters flatten spending

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Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Index The Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI) – a measure of economy-wide spending – was little-changed in July but was more mixed across industries. The... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 19 August, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares were mixed over the last week with European, Japanese and Australian shares down but US and Chinese shares up. Bond... Read more continue reading

Wages outpace prices by largest margin in 3½-years

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Wage price index Wage growth at record low: The wage price index rose by 0.5 per cent June quarter after a similar rise in the March quarter. Annual wage growth... Read more continue reading

The constrained medium term return outlook

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Key points Low and falling investment yields from most major asset classes point to a constrained medium term return outlook. For a diversified mix of assets, this has now fallen... Read more continue reading