Weekly market & economic update – week ending 9 May, 2014

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  Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw more messy and volatile trading in share markets with dovish comments by US and European central

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Strongest jobs growth in six years

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Labour force Jobs rise again: Employment rose by 14,200 in April after a revised 14,200 lift in jobs in March (previously reported as an 18,100 increase in jobs). Full-time jobs rose

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Weekly market & economic update – week ending 2 May, 2014

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 Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week was mixed for share markets. US, European and Japanese shares rose slightly on the back of mostly good

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Weekly market & economic update – week ending 25 April

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw US, European and Australian shares move higher on the back of good US earnings reports and mostly

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Weekly market & economic update – week ending 18 April

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw major global share markets rebound on the back of mostly good economic data and favourable earnings reports

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Weekly market & economic update – week ending 4 April, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week has seen gains in share markets and a further increase in bond yields on the back of mostly

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Home prices record biggest gain in 18 years

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RP Data Rismark Home Prices; PMI Home prices surge: The RP Data – Rismark Home Value Index reported that capital city home prices rose by 2.3 per cent in March –

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Weekly market & economic update – week ending 28 March

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 Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week has seen somewhat messy and mixed trading in share markets – down slightly in the US but up

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The Week Ahead, 17 February, 2014

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Events in the Crimea are expected to keep driving volatility across financial markets in the coming week The mid‑week US FOMC meeting, chaired by Janet Yellen, is likely to announce

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The US reinvents itself, yet again!

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Key points The US economy is yet again reinventing itself. This has been helped along by a determination to get the US economy moving again after the global financial crisis

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