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US Economic Update – January 2021

Recovery lost momentum at end of 2020; hope for a better 2021

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China Economic Update – February 2021

Meet the new boss: a Biden Administration doesn’t mean a return to Obama-era China policy.

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INSIGHTS, TRENDS AND CASE STUDIES

Australian 10 year bond yields have nudged 1.65 percent for the first time since May 2019.

There was a big rise in the Aussie dollar and the pound on Friday, both reaching multi-year highs.

There have been big falls in US equities overnight after higher than anticipated jobless claims, showing its not a smooth recovery for the US.

While NAB’s Commercial Property Index lifted for the second straight quarter, it was still weak and well below average.

There was a strong bounce back in US retail sales in January.

Equities were mixed in the US overnight, but the S&P 500 did manage to claw out a new record high, whilst the NASDAQ fell.

America has been off work for Presidents Day, but that hasn’t stopped markets optimistically looking to a world where COVID-19 isn’t centre stage.

There’s absolutely no surprise that Donald Trump has been acquitted in Washington,

The resurgence of COVID-19 in many parts of the world towards the end of 2020, has had a negative impact on the global recovery. Whereas in Australia, economic activity continues to rebound strongly.

It’s been a relatively quiet 24 hours with only slight market moves

Markets have been fairly subdued on the back of soft inflation numbers in the US, and as investors hold off for any revelations from Jerome Powell as he addresses the Economic Club of New York.

A range of key commodity prices rose in January.

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