Economic Reports.

April was a month of lock-down for New Zealand and much of the globe.

The prevalence of COVID 19 and government response to the virus has been unprecedented

February investment returns have been dominated by the implications of Coronavirus.

The new decade commenced with the New Zealand equity market leaping out of the starting gate...

Most equity markets experienced strong returns over December.

Some improvement in the degree of confidence in the underlying economic outlook was evident in November.

Investor returns in October were driven by sentiment relating to the immediate impact of interest rate policy decisions and trade negotiations.

The risk of President Trump’s impeachment increased in September with Democrats instigating the first stages of the process.

The upside-down world of interest rates became even more contorted in August. Approximately a third of all government and corporate debt now carries a negative yield.

Markets have been fuelled by a decade of bailouts and dovish monetary policy. It’s hard to ignore the importance of this fact and how it has characterised the current economic expansion.