Weekly economic and market update – week ending 18 February, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Share markets have seen another volatile week being buffeted by waxing and waning fears of Russia invading Ukraine and fears of inflation and interest rate

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Investment outlook Q&A: inflation, interest rates, Russia and Ukraine, the risk of a share crash, house prices and other issues

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Key points Inflation will likely slow later this year but remain well above pre-pandemic levels over the medium term. Wages growth is likely to pick up to 3% this year.

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Corrections, gummy bears and grizzly bears in shares

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Key points Shares have had a good rebound but could still fall further in the short term as risks remain high around monetary tightening and geopolitical tensions. However, a deep

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 4 February, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets rose over the last week helped by a rally from oversold conditions, mostly good US earnings results and as Fed officials downplayed

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Weekly economic and market update -week ending 28 January, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets saw another rough week as concerns about inflation and monetary tightening intensified against the backdrop of ongoing Russian tensions over Ukraine and

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Share market falls – seven things for investors to keep in mind

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Key points Share markets have fallen in recent weeks on the back of worries about inflation, monetary tightening, the Omicron disruption and the rising risk of a Russian invasion of

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 21 January, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets remained under pressure over the past week on the back of concerns about rising inflation, monetary tightening, Omicron and tensions with Russia

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Inflation Q&A – how worried should investors be about higher inflation?

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Key points Inflation is placing increasing pressure on major central banks to remove monetary stimulus. Inflation & rising interest rates will likely contribute to more volatile & constrained investment returns

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 3 December, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets had another rough week as uncertainty around the impact of the Omicron variant on global growth and Fed Chair Powell flagging a

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Five reasons to expect a cooling in the Australian property market and falling prices in 2023

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Key points After a 22% rise in Australian home prices this year, they are expected to slow to 5% growth in 2022 with prices likely to fall 5-10% in 2023.

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