Weekly economic & market update

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There were a number of positives for growth investments over the past week and this has seen further gains in shares and a back up in bond yields in major

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Jobs rebound yet outlook still murky

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Employment rose by 14,000 in July after a revised fall of 28,300 in June (previously 27,000). Economists had expected 10,000 jobs to be added. In July part-time jobs rose by

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Weekly economic & market update

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The bad news earlier in the past week threatened to see a return to panic in Europe. Spain’s economy is now bearing down on various regional governments forcing them to

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The truth about the economy & optimism on China

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An upbeat Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens delivered a speech “The Lucky Country” – in the question & answer session, the Governor reportedly said that monetary policy settings are about

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State of the states – economic update

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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 done; population

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Consumers’ cautious optimism

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The Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating rose by 1.8 points last week to 110.8 points. The survey is the first to cover the June rate cut and the latest economic

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Convincing case to cut rates again

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There’s not a lot of good news in the economy at present. The latest data showed profits, job ads and tourist arrivals all fell. The main piece of good news

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Aussie spending – is the recovery faltering?

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Economy-wide spending rose in April but at the slowest pace in seven months, raising questions about the path of recovery. The Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI) rose by 0.5

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Economy limping, not leaping, into 2012

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We should never forget that the economic growth data is ancient history. The Reserve Bank sets monetary policy by looking forward, not back. And in terms of published economic data,

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Australia – the economy, the market, the $A…and the RBA

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Global economic news over the last couple of months has improved with Europe pulling back from the brink, the US economy seemingly perking up again and China continuing to grow

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