Weekly economic & market update

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Both the Fed and the ECB disappointed markets with a lack of immediate action. However, both promise of action to come if needed, so its not nearly as bad as

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Aussies spend again, but for how long?

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Retail spending rose by 1.0 per cent in June after lifting by 0.8 per cent in May. In the June quarter retail trade rose by 1.4 per cent in real

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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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Hopes for a lift in Aussie spending

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A measure of economy-wide spending posted solid growth in seasonally adjusted terms in May, raising hopes that rate cuts may lift activity in the retail sector. The Commonwealth Bank Business

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Low inflation profile keeps rate cuts on the agenda

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A low inflation outlook and downward revisions to domestic growth forecasts prompted the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates. Given recently accumulated information on demand and the rate of inflation,

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Weekly economic & market update

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The “risk off” tone in global financial markets continued over the last week following swings to the left in French, Greek and even German (regional) elections and worries that Spain’s

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Ho-hum job market

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If anyone was wondering whether the economic growth figures properly reflected what was going on in Australia, they had the answer in the latest jobs data. The job market is

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Weekly market & economic update

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The past week saw share markets and other risk related trades supported by a combination of favourable economic data in the US and Europe, good profit results in the US

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Weekly market & economic update

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The past week has seen investors switch back to “risk on” in a big way thanks to talk of a fast tracked fiscal union in the Euro zone which will

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Oliver’s Insights: Weekly economic and market update

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The game of “yes we will, no we won’t” political ping pong is continuing in Europe. On the negative side there were problems with a European bank requiring government support,

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