Market Overview

AMP, Bank of Sydney and Challenger Bank were among the providers that altered term deposit rates this week.Not much has changed since last week in terms of the long term outlook for the RBA cash rate:...

The latest US core inflation print came in slightly lower than expected and combined with some dovish Fed comments gave Wall Street a leg up which should push the equity complex higher here in Asia to...

So, we are back to the argument about whether we have reached a new era of permanently higher growth and earnings, and because of productivity also a permanent state of steady disinflationary...

Stocks finished the day lower but managed to hold onto support, and it seems to suggest that today we are likely to see some kind of move.Which direction is tough to say, especially with the PCE...

Asian share markets are being impacted by domestic events with the BOJ broadcasting some dovish moves while local retail sales actually pushed the Australian dollar higher alongside local stocks,...

After a subdued December (largely an after-effect of a spike in spending the prior month) shoppers returned in droves in January, spending a total of $35.7 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis. ...

DXY was flat last night:The bottom fell out of AUD anyway:NZD helped it lower after the RBNZ acknowledged the crushed economy:Oil is plodding along:Dirt yawn:The miners are going to retest the lows:EM...

Recent US recession forecasts look set to fail again for the first-quarter economic profile, based on the current lineup of Q1 GDP nowcasts.Output remains on track to slow in the first three months of...

Asian share markets are not moving with any vigor in today’s session with concern over the direction of bond markets and tonight’s upcoming US GDP print. The USD is gaining some strength...

Stocks were flat again yesterday as the events the rest of the week get a bit more interesting, with GDP revisions today, PCE on Thursday, and ISM on Friday.It seems clear that bond rates are waiting...

Nearly one in five people moving to regional Australia in the December quarter landed in the Sunshine Coast, where they appear to have driven property prices higher. Key points The Sunshine Coast...

According to the indicator, prices actually declined 0.3% from December to January.Underlying inflation, excluding volatile components of the CPI basket like groceries and fuel, was 4.1%, down from...

DXY is easing: AUD is stalled:North Asia is a lead weight:Oil is creeping higher:Dirt yawn:Miners held on:EM yawn:But EM junk is still risk bullish:Yields rose:Stocks firmed:Not much to report in...

Equities were the only markets with any decent movement overnight as bonds and currencies held fast as they await more important economic data later in the week. Wall Street bounced back and European...