Reserve Bank goes for growth

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Reserve Bank Board meeting The cash rate has been cut by a quarter of a percent to a record low of 2.25 per cent. What does it all mean? The... Read more continue reading

Stonger US economy and implications for Fed policy

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Over the past three quarters, the US economy expanded at a 4% annualized rate, the fastest gain in a decade. The economy is also starting 2015 with added stimulus from... Read more continue reading

Housing bubble risk if rates are cut?

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Home Value Index; TD Inflation Gauge; Performance of Manufacturing Home prices lift: The CoreLogic RP Data Home Value Index of capital city home prices rose by 1.3 per cent in... Read more continue reading

Further signs that petrol has bottomed

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Weekly petrol prices Petrol prices ease: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of petrol fell by 2.4 cents per litre last week to 108.6... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 30 January, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets have had a mixed week with messy US earnings results and worries about the Fed and Greece weighing on... Read more continue reading

Greece and the ECB – is the Eurozone crisis about to make a comeback?

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Introduction With Greece back in the headlines after Syriza’s election win, it’s natural to wonder whether we are going to see a rerun of the Eurozone crisis that roiled global... Read more continue reading

Petrol at 6-year lows: have prices bottomed?

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Weekly petrol prices Petrol prices ease: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of petrol fell by 4.7 cents per litre last week to 111.0... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 23 January, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets had a good week driven by a strong quantitative easing (QE) program from the ECB along with good US... Read more continue reading

Record numbers of Seniors in work. Apartment sales at 11-year highs

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Detailed job data; New home sales More seniors: The latest jobs data show that there are more people over 65 years of age in the “civilian population” than in the... Read more continue reading

A look at housing in 2015

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We expect new dwelling construction to be 193K in 2015, staying near the record level of 2014. The major drivers of housing construction are firm population growth, very low mortgage... Read more continue reading