FLAU News and Press, Franklin FTSE Australia From 11/05/21

Federal Reserve to begin tapering asset purchases this month. Markets stunned by BoE decision to hold rates steady. China GDP growth forecast for 2022 lowered. For further details see: Caught Off Guard: Bank Of England Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged, Surprising Markets ...

Australia has been in the news lately over its aggressive response to the pandemic. But the bigger Down Under story might end up being interest rates. With inflation soaring, however, it became harder to manage the country’s increasingly unruly yield curve, and finally, the RBA...

Data is coming out in favour of those arguing inflation will remain persistent, and this means durably higher front-end volatility. It will take time for central banks to catch up to the market’s view. Depressed long-end rates will be more persistent, until markets accept t...

The Fed will announce ‘mission accomplished’ on reaching “substantial further progress” on both inflation and employment mandates. Despite Christine Lagarde’s best efforts, the markets were not buying what she had to sell which could be extremely pro...

The eurozone bucked this improving trend, however, as its service sector growth slowed, accompanying a broader manufacturing slowdown that is also evident in the US and UK. US manufacturers reported the weakest output growth since July of last year, with production inhibited first and...

Gradual easing of restrictions drives immediate improvement in business activity and confidence. Firms continue to hire, but face labour constraints. Recovery in demand drives input price inflation to survey record. For further details see: Australia Economy Sees First E...

Wall Street still remains upbeat despite a growing energy crisis that threatens the economic recovery, widespread price increases, and mixed economic data. If energy costs seem poised to head much higher, the unbalanced global economic recovery could dent risk appetite and lead to som...

Global equities rose through most of the third quarter but gave up most of their gains in a volatile September. As the forces driving stock returns rapidly change in our COVID-scarred world, we believe active managers can help investors effectively navigate the recovery’s uncer...

Risks to US economic recovery are growing as inflation pressures intensify. The German election was won narrowly by the SPD, as expected, but coalition talks will take some time. Key for the UK at the moment is interest rate expectations with the market’s pricing in three b...

The focus in the US shifts from the labor market to pricing pressures. EU economic and financial affairs ministers are meeting in Slovenia. The meeting concludes on Saturday, September 11. The UK releases August unemployment claims and the unemployment rate on Tuesday. For f...