Australian housing prices – how worried should we be?

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Summary Over the past three years Australian house prices have mostly moved sideways, rising or falling by around 10% per year. When prices started falling in 2018, we saw little... Read more continue reading

Petrol prices ease to 2-month lows

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Weekly Petrol Prices: July travel data Petrol prices: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average price of unleaded petrol fell by 4.8 cents to 117.8 cents a... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 14 August, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Major global share markets, with the exception of Chinese shares, rose over the last week as US new coronavirus cases trended... Read more continue reading

Recovery will be challenging and lengthy

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Recovery from the pandemic recession is in progress around the world. It’s well underway in China and parts of Southeast Asia and getting a good start in the Eurozone and... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 7 August, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets generally rose over the last week helped by a combination of better than expected earnings in the US, good... Read more continue reading

Total property listings increased in July

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Key points National residential property listings increased in July by 3.8% from 301,140 listings in June 2020 to 312,680. Compared to 12 months ago, listings were down by 1.2%. Nearly... Read more continue reading

Retail spending up 8.5 per cent over the year

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Retail trade Retail trade: Retail trade rose by 2.7 per cent in June (consensus: +2.4 per cent) after rising by 16.9 per cent in May. Retail trade is up 8.5... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 31 July, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were mixed over the last week with Chinese shares up solidly and US shares rising slightly on the back... Read more continue reading

Oliver’s Insights: US dollar breaking down, gold and the $A breaking up – what does it mean for investors?

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Key points The US dollar looks to have peaked in part reflecting reduced safe haven demand with more downside likely. The gold price has broken out to a record high... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 24 July, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets started the past week off strongly with US shares breaking out to new recovery highs, but gains were... Read more continue reading