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2013/14: A very good year

From Craig James - Commsec

Economic & financial perspectives A good year: Total returns on Australian shares (All Ordinaries Accumulation index) rose by 17.6 per cent in 2013/14 after lifting by 20.7 per cent in 2012/13

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02 Jul 2014

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 20 June, 2014

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets generally rebounded over the last week as a dovish Fed and solid economic data offset continuing uncertainty regarding

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23 Jun 2014

White collar Australia: Housing drives job gains

From Craig James - Commsec

Population; Employment by Industry Industry employment: Employment rose by 14,400 over the three months to May – the smallest quarterly increase in three quarters but after strong gains in the previous

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20 Jun 2014

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 13 June, 2014

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments over the past week After four weeks of gains, the past week saw US and European share markets slip as a combination of worries from

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16 Jun 2014

Chinese economic data beats expectations

From Craig James - Commsec

Chinese Economic data Chinese industrial production rose at an 8.8 per cent annual rate in May, in line with forecasts and up from 8.7 per cent in April. In the month,

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16 Jun 2014

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 6 June, 2014

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets mainly rose over the past week on the back of further monetary stimulus from the European Central Bank.

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10 Jun 2014

Exports to China hit new highs

From Craig James - Commsec

International Trade Trade swings back into deficit: Australia’s trade accounts moved back into the red in April, recording a deficit of $122 million. But the March trade surplus was revised

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06 Jun 2014

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 30 May, 2014

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly rose over the past week helped by relief at the conclusion of the European and Ukrainian elections, mostly

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02 Jun 2014

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 23 May, 2014

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Most share markets managed to rise over the last week, but the lack of momentum seen all year remains a feature.

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26 May 2014

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 16 May, 2014

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw more messy and volatile trading in share markets with some mixed economic data and corporate news in

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19 May 2014

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