Economic Overview The global economic backdrop remained mixed in the June quarter. Continued recovery in the US and modest gains in Europe and Japan were offset by a continuing slowdown in China, weak commodity prices and Greece’s recurring debt woes. Globally, monetary policy remains highly accommodative. However, the US Federal reserve has declared its intention […]
Greece and its debt obligations (and default) are back on the agenda in a big way and that means a whole host of experts are filling media air time and column space with what they think will happen next. They don’t know, but they’ll happily tell you they do. If you’re in the market for […]
In one corner there are the private economists who might be pushing the subject of their books. In the other corner there are the industry and bank economists who might be protecting their employers’ interests. What are we talking about? The great Australian real estate bubble debate. It kicked off again this week when the […]
Federal Government has handed down the Budget for 2015-16. As foreshadowed, the Budget contained few surprises with a number of announcements made in the previous weeks. Here’s our overview of areas of interest, as always it is important to note that the Budget announcements are still only proposals at this stage. As you may remember […]
If you have children or grandchildren it would be smart to offer them some explicit advice about retirement – don’t expect to rely on the government. In recent years there have been changes and forecast changes that really should have younger generations focussing on how they’ll be providing for themselves in old age. Despite what […]