FLAU News and Press, Franklin FTSE Australia From 12/17/21

December's preliminary PMI numbers provided a more solemn note to end the year. Growth momentum across the world's largest developed economies revealed to have eased in the final month of the year. The latest COVID-19 Omicron variant developments add further downside risks to the ...

Retail investors trading instruments linked to currency pairs on the exchange in November indicated a positive outlook for the Canadian and Australian dollars, as well as the British pound, against the US dollar. For much of last month, the Federal Reserve stood out from many central ...

Global economic growth will be slower but still above trend in 2022. This forecast should allow equities to outperform bonds. Inflation has yet to peak, but it will likely decline over the year and as a result any central bank tightening will be modest. 2021 was a year of rebound ...

The past week has been dominated by Omicron news as we all try to piece together the limited information we have and determine what it all means for the coming months. The RBA and BoC both hold meetings next week and will likely be armed with little more information than OPEC+ had on ...

Service sector growth accelerated but is threatened by rising COVID-19 case numbers, notably in Europe, which have hit business confidence for year-ahead prospects. Growth in the 'G4' developed economies of the US, Eurozone, Japan and the UK had surged to an all-time high in May as ec...

A further easing of COVID-19 restrictions in Australia enabled private sector growth to accelerate in November according to flash PMI data. The latest IHS Markit Flash Australia Composite PMI revealed that growth momentum in the private sector accelerated in November, with economic co...

The focus on Wall Street is all about inflation and whether the Fed is making a policy mistake. If there’s one major central bank that’s hoping to catch a break on inflation, the Bank of England is surely it. The week kicks off with a selection of Chinese data releas...

Rates volatility reflects a change in the inflation narrative, and could accelerate central bank policy adjustments. Policymakers have spent the year predicting that inflation would decay as the base effects from last year’s pandemic crisis dissipated. Spikes at the front e...

The October inflation report is expected to show pricing pressures run to the hottest levels since 1990. China releases Inflation data on Wednesday but in the immediate term markets will be on tenterhooks over the coming weekend. Australian employment data on Thursday will cause i...

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 ...