Are we now at the top of the V-shaped recovery?

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By now most investors are tiring of their inboxes being filled by sell-side economists and strategists talking about reflation, how much more optimistic they are relative to consensus, and for... Read more continue reading

Budget deficit: $30 billion smaller than forecast

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Monthly budget statement The Monthly Financial Statements for March 2021 report the budget position against the expected monthly profile for the 2020/21 financial year through to 31 March 2021. Over... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 30 April, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were mixed over the last week with US shares rising to new record highs helped by good economic data,... Read more continue reading

CommSec State of the States – April 2021

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Overall results How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out by analysing eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; equipment investment; unemployment; construction work... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 23 April, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets generally fell over the last week with first worries about the resurgence in global coronavirus cases and then reports... Read more continue reading

Counting down to 100 Days

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The last 12 months have been ones of extreme change and adaption. Covid-19 changed the landscape on a number of fronts. Working from home became business as usual, social distancing... Read more continue reading

Australia not immune from Covid-19’s debt impact as government borrowing soars in 2020

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Focus on Australia Australian government debt jumped by US$163 billion (AU$211 billion) in 2020, equivalent to Hong Kong’s entire national debt The increase sees Australia jump two levels higher to... Read more continue reading

Petrol prices ease for school runs; Second strongest home sales since 2004

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Petrol Prices; New home sales; Used vehicle market Fuel prices: Last week the national average price of unleaded petrol fell by 1.6 cents a litre to 142.8 cents per litre... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 16 April, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While Japanese shares fell -0.3% over the last week and Chinese shares lost -1.4%, US shares rose 1.4% to a new... Read more continue reading

National rental vacancy rate rases in March

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SQM Research has revealed the national residential rental vacancy rate rose to 2.1% over the month of March 2021 from 2.0% in February. The total number of vacancies Australia-wide is... Read more continue reading