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The retail trade and APRA July 2022 data released this week provided more data to support RBA hikes in the coming months. This week the ABS released data for retail trade turnover and volume. This dataset includes references to retail businesses including stores and online sales. continue…

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To provide a wider range of high quality investment choices, and stable monthly income, Montgomery Investment Management partnered with Aura Group and Brett Craig in May 2022. We are now delighted to announce the launch of our second income strategy, the Aura Core Income Fund.

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It was a relatively quiet reporting week from an economic and market perspective. Sometimes less news is good news!  This week the ABS released the counts of Australian businesses, which outline the number of actively trading businesses, rates of entry to exit from the market sector of the economy and the rates of business survival.​ continue…

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A tightening labour market continues to put upward pressure on wage prices despite a slowing increase in the average weekly full-time earnings. continue…

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The RBA raised rates for the fourth consecutive meeting with a view to combat the soaring rate of inflation. They are not shying away from introducing additional rate rises moving forward. As noted last week, the headline inflation for the July quarter came in at 6.1 per cent, well above the 2–3 per cent target range. continue…

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The Consumer Price Index data was released this week, recording the largest annual rise in inflation since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in 2000. continue…

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With another jump in inflation expected to be reported this week, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is justifying their rapid rate rise trajectory. But how will businesses and households respond? continue…

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In this video with LiveWire markets Aura High Yield SME Fund Portfolio Manager Brett Craig introduces you to the fund and explains how it invests across the private debt space in the Australian market. In the five years since inception, the fund has produced consistent monthly positive returns. Watch here. 

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The RBAs July monetary policy decision will be made on Tuesday, with markets pricing in a 50 basis point rise, according the ASX RBA Rate Tracker. The RBA Rate Indicator run by the ASX aims to demonstrate market expectations of the change in the cash rate. continue…

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The RBA delivered a speech this week indicating faster monetary policy tightening is to come in the near-term with the aim of curbing the rate of inflation. continue…

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