Weekly market update – week ending 21 May, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets had a bit of a rough ride with inflation fears continuing to impact and this left them mixed for

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Weekly market update – week ending 14 May, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets fell over the last week as US inflation data for April came in far stronger than expected raising fears

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The 2021-22 Australian Budget – spending the growth windfall to further grow the economy towards full employment

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Key points The Government now expects the Federal budget deficit to peak at $161bn this financial year (down from $214bn in October’s Budget) and fall to $107bn in 2021-22. The

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Weekly market update – week ending 7 May, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly rose over the last week helped by good earnings and dovish central banks. US, European and Japanese shares

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The return of geopolitical risk? – what to watch over the remainder of 2021

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Key points Geopolitical issues generate much interest but don’t necessarily have a significant impact on markets. But geopolitical risks are higher than prior to the GFC reflecting three big themes:

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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,

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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

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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

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Weekly market update – week ending

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While Japanese fell -0.3% over the last week and Chinese share fell -2.4%, US shares rose 2.7% to a new record

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RBA on hold and likely to remain easy for a long while yet as full employment gets more of a look in

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Key points The RBA left the cash rate at 0.1% at its April meeting. While the economy is recovering faster than expected the conditions for a rate hike – actual

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