Shares sliding again – what’s driving it and is there any light at the end of the tunnel?

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Key points Share markets remain under pressure from high inflation, rising rates & bond yields and the rising risk of recession and the threat that poses to company profits. With... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 23 September, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Share markets fell sharply again over the last week in response to another round of hawkish rate hikes pushing up bond yields and adding to... Read more continue reading

Consumers still jaded; Smaller rate hikes lie ahead      

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Latest economic and financial data The minutes of the September 6 Reserve Bank Board meeting were issued. The Board discussed the case for lifting rates by either 25 or 50... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 16 September, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Share markets fell sharply over the last week, reversing their rally from the previous week’s lows as US inflation surprised on the upside adding again... Read more continue reading

Australia’s productivity challenge – why it matters and what to do about it

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Key points The last twenty years have seen a sharp slowdown in productivity growth in Australia from over 2% pa to around 1.2% pa. This has adversely affected growth in... Read more continue reading

US August inflation surprises on the upside and the RBA’s policy rate increment unlikely as domestic inflation remains sticky

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US August inflation surprised on the upside. ‘Headline’ inflation came in at 8.3 per cent (versus 8.1 per cent expected) while ‘core’ inflation registered 6.3 per cent (versus 6.1 per... Read more continue reading

Seven key charts for investors to keep an eye on in assessing the investment outlook

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Key points While we are optimistic on a 12-month horizon, shares are at high risk of further falls and a re-test of their June lows in the short term given... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 2 September, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets remained under pressure over the last week on the back of continuing mostly hawkish comments from the Fed and ECB and ongoing... Read more continue reading

Jackson Hole: summer soporifics to the summertime blues

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The tone in financial markets through July and the first half of August suggested that markets were growing increasingly confident that the world’s central banks had the inflation beast (almost)... Read more continue reading

Record regional Aussie job vacancies

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Skilled job vacancies The Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) from the National Skills Commission fell by 3.8 per cent in July (or by 11,249 available positions) to 288,465 available positions. Recruitment... Read more continue reading