Quarterly Economic Update: January - March 2021
In the March quarter edition of our economic update, we discuss the impact of the COVID-19 immunisation roll-out, the drivers of the recent hot property market, local and international share markets and the recent Ever Given shipping incident. Read More
Quarterly Economic Update: October - December 2020
Finally some good news on the COVID-19 front: several vaccines, all developed in record time, were being rolled out in a number of countries. Read More
Quarterly Economic Update: July - September 2020
COVID-19 remained the big story of the last quarter. Tragically, by the end of September the pandemic had caused over one million deaths. That was up by 500,000 since the end of the previous quarter, and many countries were experiencing devastating ‘second waves’. Read More
Federal Budget 2020
Last night the Federal Government handed down its Budget for the 2020–21 financial year. After going into a record deficit of $213.7 billion to support individuals and businesses during the Coronavirus crisis, the focus of this year’s Budget is to regrow the economy by creating job opportunities and encouraging spending Read More
Quarterly Economic Update: April-June 2020
Perhaps surprisingly, investment markets took an optimistic view of the long-term financial consequences of COVID-19. Read More