Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

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The Aussie dollar has fallen in response to a bout of new jitters about Europe and China. The weaker currency has a raft of implications for the Australian economy. CommSec... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic & market update

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Worries about a Greek euro exit and Spanish banks remained the focus for investors over the last week. However, with share markets and related risk assets having fallen sharply over... Read more continue reading

Manufacturing contraction compounds growth concerns

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Chinese private sector manufacturing contracted for the seventh consecutive month: The HSBC Flash Purchasing Managers Index (the earliest indicator of China’s industrial activity) fell from a final reading of 49.3... Read more continue reading

Q&A on Greek euro exit and implications for the world and Australia

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Renewed fear of a disorderly Greek default and exit from the euro has been a major driver of a flight to safety and falls in share markets recently with global... Read more continue reading

Aussie spending – is the recovery faltering?

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Economy-wide spending rose in April but at the slowest pace in seven months, raising questions about the path of recovery. The Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI) rose by 0.5... Read more continue reading

Weekly market & economic update

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“Risk off” remained the big theme for the third week in a row as global shares, commodity prices, the euro and the $A fell on the back of worries about... Read more continue reading

Wages – winners & losers

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Average weekly ordinary time earnings rose by 1.1 per cent in the March quarter with private sector wages up 1.2 per cent and public sector wages up 1.0 per cent.... Read more continue reading

Oliver’s Insights:Europe, China, US – the worry list for investors is getting wider again

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There was one piece of great news last week. A new Mayan calendar find in Guatemala made no reference to the world ending this year. That’s nice, so I can... Read more continue reading

Low inflation profile keeps rate cuts on the agenda

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A low inflation outlook and downward revisions to domestic growth forecasts prompted the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates. Given recently accumulated information on demand and the rate of inflation,... Read more continue reading

Door opens for Chinese stimulus

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Chinese consumer prices fell by 0.1 per cent in April, dragging annual inflation down from 3.6 per cent to 3.4 per cent. Producer prices rose by 0.2 per cent in... Read more continue reading