by Admin_CentW | Dec 21, 2018 | Economic Updates
Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw share markets fall further on the back of ongoing worries about growth not helped by a “not dovish enough” Fed, new threats to US/Chinese negotiations, worries about a US government...
by Admin_CentW | Dec 20, 2018 | Newsletters
Introduction Three years after it first started raising interest rates in this cycle the Fed has increased rates for the ninth time, raising the Fed Funds rate another 0.25% to a target range of 2.25-2.5%. While this was largely anticipated by markets, the Fed...
by Admin_CentW | Dec 14, 2018 | Economic Updates
Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly fell over the last week with nervousness around trade and global growth continuing, not helped by weak Chinese economic data and lower business conditions PMIs in Europe and the US. For...
by Admin_CentW | Dec 12, 2018 | Newsletters
Introduction 2019 is likely to be an interesting year for the Australian economy. Some of the big drags of recent years are receding but housing is turning down, uncertainty is high around the global outlook and it’s an election year, which will add to...
by Admin_CentW | Dec 7, 2018 | Economic Updates
Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week has seen a roller coaster ride in equity markets. Shares initially rose on the positive outcome from the Trump/Xi meeting. Then they plunged in a panic as investors lost faith in...