


Monday Market Madness 18th of June 2018
The Federal Reserve increased interest rates to the 1.75% – 2% range last week and importantly, guided to an additional rate increase this year in the economic projections provided by the Fed Committee. Those same projections also anticipated an additional rate...
Monday Market Madness 4th June 2018
Business capital spending was a notable data point last week with a fall in building and structures investment (down 1.3%) offset by a rise in equipment investment (up 2.5%) to see new capital spending rise 0.4% over the March quarter. This fell short of market...
Monday Market Madness 28 May 2018
A quiet week for the Australian economy with limited economic releases ahead of this week’s national building approvals and private sector capital spending figures. Construction work value figures were released that highlighted some weakness in the quarter for...
Monday Market Madness 21 May 2018
Australian wage inflation was released last Wednesday with overall wage growth of 0.5% for the March quarter disappointing market expectations. Annual wage inflation remained flat at 2.1% for the year (Dec-17: 2.1%) This came against a backdrop of a looser labour...