International Communique No. 336 - 4th of May 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ WHAT IS FUELLING RUNAWAY INFLATION IN THE US AND THE EUROZONE? As we headed into 2021, inflation was clocking only [...]
International Communique No. 335 - 26th of April 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ WAKE-UP CALL Recently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) further lowered its global GDP growth forecasts for 2022 and 2023. Under [...]
** International Communique No. 334 - 20th of April 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ ECONOMIC GROWTH WEAKENED BY SOARING ENERGY PRICES The US stock market declined for another consecutive week as investors contemplated [...]
** International Communique No. 333 - 12th of April 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ CONSTANT RISE IN TREASURY YIELDS The recent uptrend in US bond yields continued apace; particularly at the long end [...]
** International Communique No. 332 - 6th of April 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ STAGFLATION COULD BE ON THE WAY Geopolitical unknowns are teaming up with persistent inflation to give rise to a [...]
------------------------------------------------------------ *|ARCHIVE|* ** Budget Summary 2022/23 ------------------------------------------------------------ On Tuesday 29 March, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the 2023 Federal Budget. The Treasurer detailed the current state of the economy, a [...]
** International Communique No. 331 - 29th of March 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ OVERCOMING ANXIETY Major equity markets ended in haphazard fashion, with attention focused on the fallout from the war in [...]
International Communique No. 328 - 9th of March 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ GEOPOLITICAL EVENTS UNDERMINE FINANCIAL CONDITIONS Historically, geopolitical events have had a short-lived impact on financial markets. But this time round [...]
International Communique No. 327 - 1st of March 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF 60 YEARS ON It was a particularly turbulent week for financial markets after the Russian army stormed [...]
International Communique No. 326 - 24th of February 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ RUSSIA-UKRAINE KEEPS VOLATILITY HIGH The tensions boiling over on the Ukrainian border as Russia moved its pieces into place spooked [...]
