inflation

Australian prices rose 1.1% year-on-year for the March quarter of 2021, with the official CPI rising 0.6% over the three months to March. The number came in much lower...

To say that government debt levels are high is nothing new. Even before COVID hit, despite years of austerity, debt levels were already extremely elevated. But after...

The local market started slightly positive before market-level global buying popped it up on another low turnover day. We are on the sixth consecutive week without a...

In the AFR I write that the most daunting challenge Australia’s central bank boss, governor Philip Lowe, faces is surmounting the formidable slopes of what is...

Since the pandemic shock of early last year, investors have more recently focused on the after-effects. Record government stimulus, monetary policy easing and the...

It’s that time in the cycle again. US bond markets and commentors are worried about inflation. But with US unemployment at 6.2%, should this be a concern? ...

Markets have bounced back strongly from COVID-induced lows which, combined with the significant deployment of cash into attractively priced shares, have produced...

The macro-environment ahead is largely good news for investors, says Charlie Jamieson, CIO of Jamieson Coote Bonds. “The prospect of rising inflation is opening a...

After one of the longest periods of underperformance in history, governments and central banks' response to the COVID-19 crisis may well have ushered in a new era for...

The local market had a choppy negative day on low turnover. We just started a new week on low turnover, like the last three weeks in the holiday season. Healthcare and...