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The past week saw a distinct contrast between strong US economic data and a more optimistic Fed driving US shares and most global share markets higher, but comments from Chinese

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The past week saw a bit of volatility return to risk trades early in the week on worries that China’s 7.5% growth target for this year is too low, uncertainty

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Wages winners & losers

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Average weekly ordinary time earnings rose by just 0.5 per cent in the December quarter with private sector wages up 0.4 per cent and public sector wages up 0.7 per

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The “yes we have a deal no we don’t” regarding Greece’s latest bailout negotiations raged on again over the last week, resulting in a volatile ride for risk assets like

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The past week globally was dominated by the ongoing soap opera regarding whether Greece would agree to the terms required by the troika of the IMF, EU and ECB for

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The key development over the last week was that manufacturing business conditions indicators, or PMIs, in the US, Europe, Japan, China, India and even Australia all rose in January providing

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Seasonal businesses blow hot & cold

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Seasonal businesses rely on ‘normal’ weather conditions. In simple terms, in summer it needs to be hot and in winter in needs to be cold. But for those businesses relying

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Despite ratings downgrades across the Euro-zone, a sharp downgrade to the World Bank’s 2012 global growth forecast (from 3.6% to 2.5%) and news that the IMF is seeking to increase

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State of the States – January 2012

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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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Weakest job market in 20 years

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Employment fell by 29,300 in December – the biggest decline in eight months. Economists had expected a 10,000 lift in jobs. It was the second consecutive fall in jobs and

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