Weekly economic and market update

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Shares had a volatile ride, getting hit earlier in the week following the poor outcome from the Italian election only to then rebound to varying degrees as worries about Italy

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Chinese December quarter GDP data confirmed the message from months of partial economic indicators: Chinese economic growth has bottomed, forget about a hard landing! GDP growth came in at 7.9%

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America sees the release of key December 2012 data on retail sales and housing starts.  American consumer spending has been reasonably solid considering the recent political turmoil over budget tightening

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US markets were closed early in the week due to Hurricane Sandy. Our thoughts are with all of those affected. From an economic perspective, rough estimates suggest around $US40-50bn in

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Weekly market and economic update

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More of the same over the past week with mixed news on profits, nervousness over the US “fiscal cliff” and no resolution regarding Spain and Greece seeing the correction in

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Signs global growth has bottomed continue to build. Chinese economic growth rose to 2.2% in the September quarter and indicators for retail sales, industrial production, investment, money supply and exports

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“We’re on a road to nowhere, Come on inside, Taking that ride to nowhere…we’ll take that ride”  – Road to Nowhere, Talking Heads Spain’s Federal Government continues on the “Road to

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Weekly economic & market update – Super Mario (and probably the Fed) to the rescue

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Outlined below is the weekly economic and market report that reviews the key developments of the past week for investment markets and the outlook. After committing to do whatever it takes

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Share markets fell further over the past week on the back of global growth worries and in nervous trade ahead of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s address in Jackson Hole, before

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After solid gains in share markets since early June shares are a bit overbought and vulnerable to a correction as we head into the seasonally weak period around September. This

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