Catch up on the latest market and economic news from Australia and around the world.

A busy week lies ahead with ‘top shelf’ economic indicators due for release with a Reserve Bank Board meeting and quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy.

Despite NAB cutting its dividend, I’m picking up good vibrations and its giving me economic excitations.

NAB has joined the pool of ASX200 listed companies that has raised capital during COVID-19. Should shareholders take part in their SPP?

The prediction of a six-month lockdown looks like a real Boo-Boo and if we escape hibernation earlier, it could be a pic-a-nic for shareholders.

Overnight the Federal Government acknowledged a weakness in its JobKeeper programme and had the character to fix it asap. This is leadership!

Australia is at a cross roads: one path leads to continued restrictions and economic demise; the other to freedom and an economic boom, but at a potential cost. Let’s hope our leaders choose wisely.

Nearly half a million Australians have lined up to dip into their super to cope with loss of income from the Coronavirus. But some might use super for other reasons.

Inflation data dominates in the coming week. Clearly, at present the quarterly data on price changes doesn’t rank highly. Instead, most investors and analysts are dissecting the effects of COVID-19 on the economy.

With the Coronavirus and the threat to the economy, the silliest step we could take would be to worry about what economists want. We need real world people.

Cochlear was one of the first ASX-listed companies to engage in capital raising, which has both institutional and retail shareholders asking a lot of questions.

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