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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Weekly economic & market update

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Euro-zone – back from the abyss. The past week has been dominated by the European Union leaders’ summit, with Germany insisting that centralised controls of budgets and banking be in

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Weekly economic & market update

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The past week has seen a swing in investor sentiment from gloom at the start of the week after the release of disappointing US jobs data to a bit more

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Weekly economic & market update

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Worries about a Greek euro exit and Spanish banks remained the focus for investors over the last week. However, with share markets and related risk assets having fallen sharply over

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Weekly economic and market update – week beginning 23 April 2012

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Europe remains a source of consternation, but there have been some positive developments. News that Italy is delaying its return to budget surplus by one year, Spanish banks’ bad loans

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State of the states – state & territory performance report

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Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out how the states and territories are performing by analysing eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; equipment investment; unemployment, construction work done; population

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China achieves soft landing, now for the recovery

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Chinese economic data was weaker than expected; the Chinese economy grew at an 8.1 per cent annual rate in the March quarter (consensus 8.4 per cent) down from 8.9 per

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Weekly economic & market update

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The past week saw volatility return in a big way to investment markets. Initially share markets fell sharply in response to the poor US non-farm payroll release and intensifying concerns

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Weekly economic & market update

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The past week has seen a swing to “risk off” with shares, commodities and growth currencies like the $A all weak on worries about Spain capped off by a disappointing

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A solid start to 2012

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The bad news on Europe has dried up, the US economy has continued to recover and investors believe the soft patch for Asia will be only temporary. As a result,

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