Weekly economic and market update

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America sees the release of key December 2012 data on retail sales and housing starts.  American consumer spending has been reasonably solid considering the recent political turmoil over budget tightening

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Weekly market & economic update

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Uncertainty continues regarding Spain and Greece. Spain is resisting applying for assistance for several reasons, including national pride, upcoming regional elections and the fact that 2 year borrowing costs remain

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Weekly economic & market update – Super Mario (and probably the Fed) to the rescue

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Outlined below is the weekly economic and market report that reviews the key developments of the past week for investment markets and the outlook. After committing to do whatever it takes

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Market outlook after a rough financial year

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Unfortunately, the past financial year has been disappointing for investors exposed to shares, with global shares returning -2.1% in local currency terms and Australian shares returning -6.7% as worries about

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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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Ongoing worries about Europe combined with soft global economic data, including a very weak employment report in the US and poor Chinese data, has seen investors head for safety. Share

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Weekly economic & market report

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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 “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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Weekly economic & market update

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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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