Weekly economic and market update – week ending 9 July, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets fell over the last week, mainly on the back of worries that a resurgence of new coronavirus cases will... Read more continue reading

2020-21 saw investment returns rebound – expect more modest but still good returns this financial year

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Key points 2020-21 saw investment returns rebound after the coronavirus hit depressed 2019-20 returns. Key lessons for investors from 2020-21 were to: allow that share markets look ahead; timing markets... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 2 July, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While the US share market rose over the last week, other global share markets fell with concerns about a renewed rise... Read more continue reading

Year in review. Year in preview

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The past year: 2020/21 In 2019/20 Australia experienced its first recession in 28 years – impacted by the COVID-19 coronavirus as well as drought, bushfires and storms. But over 2020/21... Read more continue reading

Russell Investments’ mid-year market outlook

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Russell Investments’ strategists see the global reopening on track at mid-year as COVID-19 vaccination rates climb, and the team believes potential risks such as inflation or a hawkish U.S. Federal... Read more continue reading

The never-ending coronavirus pandemic – why snap lockdowns in Australia make sense until herd immunity is reached

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Key points Snap lockdowns in Sydney, Perth and Queensland are likely to cost the economy $2.5bn, but like previous snap lockdowns are unlikely to derail the recovery. Australia has little... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 25 June, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets rebounded over the past week with US shares rising 2.7% to a new record high helped by calming... Read more continue reading

Sydney COVID outbreak signals only (very) marginal tweak from the RBA despite strong labour market

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Even before the Sydney COVID-19 outbreak the prospect for any major shift in policy from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was remote. A cautious US Federal Reserve (the Fed)... Read more continue reading

Central banks heading towards the easing exits – five reasons not to be too concerned

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Key points The gradual shift of central banks including the Fed and RBA towards an exit from monetary easing has caused some volatility in investment markets. We continue to expect... Read more continue reading

Inflation: Alert but not alarmed

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Purchasing manager survey; Skilled vacancies; International trade What happened? Price pressures eased slightly in the latest surveys of purchasing managers. Implications: Investors must remain alert to inflation indicators. Clearly the... Read more continue reading