In this update, Bob Cunneen, Senior Economist, reviews events in markets during July.
In the video below he talks to Head of Investment Communications Justin Hazell about the key events driving markets. They discuss:
- improving Australian economic activity data
- heightened geopolitical risks between the US and North Korea causing a spike in share market volatility, and
- President Trump’s bold promises of corporate tax cuts and higher infrastructure spending continuing to be supportive of US shares.
Read the August 2017 Monthly Economic Update here.
Watch the MLC Economic update – August 2017 video below.
11 August 2017
By Bob Cunneen
Senior Economist