A wedged ship, vaccine wrangles add to delay concerns
The blocking of the Suez Cana and growing vaccine rivalry are added to concerns that economic recovery will be delayed, says NAB’s Gavin Friend, reflected in the cautious mood in markets today.
Day: 24 March 2021
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The Times says the government is struggling with what to do with a windfall tax if they had one. One option they reckon is to reduce the cost of energy. Which of course helps everyone, but richer higher energy users would be the biggest beneficiary ...
No bounce in equity indices today, says NAB’s Taylor Nugent. It’s all down to growing concerns about a US economic slowdown. Like Cisco’s profit downgrade, for example. Plus the lowdown on yesterday’s Aussie employment numbers. https://t.co/aGBhCkChFv