A round-the-world wrap up on rising rates and inflation

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RBNZ raises the policy rate for the fourth time this cycle by 50 bps to 1.50 per cent. Bank of Canada also hikes 50 bps  Proving itself one again as... Read more continue reading

Australian housing slowdown Q&A – What impact will higher interest rates have? How far will prices fall?

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Key points Australian home prices are likely to fall by 10% to 15% into 2024 primarily as a result of poor affordability and rising interest rates. The negative wealth effect... Read more continue reading

Market rents explode across the country

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SQM Research has revealed national residential property rental vacancy rates fell to 1% in March 2022, down from 1.2% in February 2022. This represents half the total number of vacancies... Read more continue reading

Consumer confidence and spending intentions lift    

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Weekly consumer confidence; CBA Household Spending Intentions & card spending The ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index rose by 1.3 per cent to 94.6 in the past week. Commonwealth Bank (CBA)... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 8 April, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets fell over the last week mainly on the back of hawkish central banks and ever rising bond yields. Australian shares also fell... Read more continue reading

Australian government debt per person to double by 2025

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Focus on Australia By 2025 Australia is expected to owe US$50,021 (AU$68,806) per person in government debt, doubling in value from 2021, adding a significant burden to taxpayers This increase... Read more continue reading

RBA: Run out of “patience”?

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The RBA Governor’s Statement on Tuesday appeared to indicate that the RBA Board has learnt from the difficulties facing the Fed and ECB.  “Patience” is no longer prudent. Both the... Read more continue reading

Five great charts on investing that are particularly useful in times of uncertainty like the present

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Key points Successful investing can be very difficult in times like the present with immense uncertainty around inflation, interest rates, war in Ukraine & continuing covid waves. This makes it... Read more continue reading

Total Property Listings continue to rise in March

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Key points National residential property listings rose in March 2022 by 1.8% to 218,398 from 214,495 in February. Compared to 12 months ago, listings dropped 14.9%. Nationally, new listings (Less... Read more continue reading

First fall in Sydney and Melbourne home prices in 18 months

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Home prices; Manufacturing purchasing managers surveys The CoreLogic Home Value Index of national home prices rose by 0.7 per cent in March. Home prices are up 18.2 per cent over... Read more continue reading