Economy

Trillions to rebuild US economy

President Biden confirmed that even more government spending is on the way in the US with the announcement of a planned $2.3 trillion infrastructure spending program 6 April 2021 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: White House official) […]

Economy

Questions about financial markets

AMP Capital’s, Shane Oliver’s Q&A on the global recovery, vaccines, inflation, the risk of a share crash, Australian home prices and other issues  30 March 2021 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital   Is the global economic recovery […]

Economy

Pause on vaccines but not markets

AMP Capital weekly market review sees uncertainty remaining on the side-effects of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine but markets still move ahead 22 March 2021 | Diana Mousina, AMP Capital US shares started the week strongly […]

Economy

Wages grow from a low base

ABS data shows Australian wages increased in the December quarter but don’t read too much into the figures 24 February 2021 | Staff Writers Figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show […]

Economy

Job data not all good

The latest release of official Australian unemployment figures shows a good rise in full time employment but the number of paid hours worked has fallen 18 February 2021 | Staff Writers The Australian Bureau of […]

Economy

Markets, Biden and vaccines

US President Joe Biden begins to shape his administration and new vaccines are released but a February market correction is a likely scenario    30 January 2021 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (White House Image) The US […]

Economy

Never tear us apart

IMF research finds nations with low public confidence in government response to COVID-19 are also nations where people are ignoring social-distancing protocols   13 November 2020 | Era Dabla-Norris, IMF (Image: United Nations covid campaign) […]

Economy

A better outlook

Still far from upbeat about the economy the Reserve Bank of Australia is more optimistic about conditions than three months ago 6 November 2020 | Richard Colleville The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) quarterly Statement […]

Economy

Big bounce!

Australian building approvals surged in September while residential property prices recorded their first gains in five months 2 November 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein Australian residential building approvals have surged by 15.4 percent in September, well […]

Economy

China data good for Australia

Despite diplomatic tensions getting in the way beef, barley and wine exports, Australia’s economic exposure to the Chinese recovery is good news     3 September 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital In a time where our national […]