Weekly economic and market update – week ending 1 July, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Recession fears dominated over the last week pushing US, European and Japanese shares down, although Chinese shares (having already had a 35% bear market) rose.... Read more continue reading

Year in Review. Year in Preview

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Year in Review 2021/22 – Year in Preview 2022/23 Now that the 2021/22 financial year is over, it is an opportune time to reflect on the past year and look... Read more continue reading

Australia’s Achilles’ heel – high household debt and rising interest rates…it’s not as bad as it looks, but it’s still an issue

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Key points Australian household debt has risen dramatically since the 1980s and is high compared to other countries. The rise is not as bad as it looks because it’s been... Read more continue reading

Regional Aussie petrol prices hit record high   

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Weekly oil market update According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average unleaded petrol price rose by 6.4 cents to 211.9 cents a litre (c/l) last week, the... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 24 June, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Share markets managed to stabilise and, in most major markets, bounce from oversold levels over the last week as there were no new hawkish surprises... 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 rose by 0.9 per cent in May (or by 2,754 available positions) to a 14-year high (highest... Read more continue reading

The plunge in shares and flow on to super – key things for investors to keep in mind during times of investment market turmoil

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Key points Share markets have fallen sharply in recent weeks continuing the plunge that started early this year due to worries about inflation, monetary tightening, recession & geopolitical issues including... Read more continue reading

Year in review, year in preview

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Year in review 2021/22, year in preview 2022/23 With a few days to go in the 2021/22 financial year, it is an opportune time to reflect on the past year... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 17 June, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Share markets tumbled again over the last week as markets moved to anticipate even more aggressive rate hikes from central banks after the release of... Read more continue reading

RBA policy rate response: are markets pricing “too much” or “too little”? 

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In what was somewhat of a surprise, the RBA joined a number of other developed country central banks in announcing a 50 bp policy rate increase at the conclusion of... Read more continue reading