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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 15 October, 2021

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments Global share markets rose again over the last week helped by a good start to the US earnings reporting season, solid economic data and US

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18 Oct 2021

The worry list for shares – how worrying are they?

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points It’s still too early to say that the pull back in share markets is over. Some of the worries around US fiscal policy and politics, China, global supply

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14 Oct 2021

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 8 October, 2021

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments Global shares mostly rose over the last week as the US debt ceiling was pushed out to December and there was some easing in concerns

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11 Oct 2021

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 1 October, 2021

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets & key developments Global shares fell over the past week amidst a long worry list including the US debt ceiling, the impact of power shortages and rising bond

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05 Oct 2021

Why is Australian housing so expensive and what can be done to improve housing affordability?

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points The key drivers of poor housing affordability and high household debt levels in Australia have been low rates and poor housing supply. Macro prudential controls to slow home

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30 Sep 2021

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 24 September, 2021

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets Global shares fell sharply early in the week but then rebounded as fears around China Evergrande receded and the Fed meeting was out of the way. This saw

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27 Sep 2021

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 17 September, 2021

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets Global shares were mixed over the last week with US and Japanese shares up, European shares flat and Chinese shares down. US shares were helped by stronger than

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20 Sep 2021

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 10 September, 2021

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global shares were mixed over the last week. US and European shares fell on concerns about the growth outlook and central

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13 Sep 2021

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

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets saw continuing gains over the past week helped by expectations that the Delta outbreak won’t lead to lockdowns

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06 Sep 2021

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 27 August, 2021

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets rebounded over the last week with US shares making a new record high helped by signs that the

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30 Aug 2021

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