EWA News and Press, iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund From 04/18/24

2024-04-18 02:11:55 ET Australia’s unemployment rate rose from a 5-month low of 3.7% in February to 3.8% in March, but below market forecasts of 3.9%, adding some weight to the argument that the Reserve Bank of Australia should start reducing rates this year. The numb...

2024-04-17 10:00:00 ET Summary At their recent meetings, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand signaled that monetary policy easing is approaching. Monetary policy for the two countries remains restrictive, as shown by aggregate demand, which has weaken...

2024-04-16 07:30:00 ET Summary Five mega forces that are shaping the macroeconomic landscape and demographic divergence is another one of them. The aging of populations will limit how much major economies can produce and grow, leaving governments with less tax revenue to support r...

2024-04-13 06:56:17 ET Summary Bubbles can inflate for a long time, sustained by loose financial conditions and government rescues. Bubbles eventually burst - and they have this innate diabolical propensity to somehow catch the over-exposed masses by surprise, causing the greatest...

2024-04-09 04:50:00 ET Summary Canadian GDP per capita declined for the 6th consecutive quarter in the final quarter of 2023. A new RBC study finds that more than half – one million – of 1.9 million new Canadian households by 2030 will not be able to buy a home if af...

2024-04-06 11:00:00 ET Summary The concept of a "just transition" is gaining ground among responsible investors concerned about the social risks of moving from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources. Coal- or oil-exporting countries with undiversified economies may face signif...

2024-04-06 04:39:19 ET Summary Money Market Fund Assets surged $70.5 billion last week to a record $6.111 TN. Our understanding of the most momentous financial and economic occurrence of the past century has been terribly undermined over the decades. Credit growth remained str...

2024-04-05 02:28:31 ET Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Australia reports smallest trade surplus in five months as exports fall while imports grow

2024-04-02 02:43:10 ET Minutes of the Reserve Bank's March meeting showed that the bank left the cash rate unchanged at 4.35% in Australia, as widely expected.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: RBA minutes: The bank not ruling in or o...

2024-03-30 05:58:04 ET Summary Financial conditions loosened further, building on the Fed's Q4 dovish pivot. For the quarter, the S&P 500 returned (price and dividends) 10.55%. While 10-year Treasury yields jumped 32 bps during Q1 to 4.20%, corporate Credit notably outperf...