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Global share markets pushed higher again over the last week as the roll out of vaccines and US stimulus optimism offset uncertainties about the near-term impact from lockdowns

Market performance in the wake of the US election has been overwhelmingly positive, with Australian and US shares up 11% in November, Japanese shares up 16% and Eurozone shares up 17%. It’s somewhat of an ironic note, given Donald Trump’s fondness to cite stock market strength as indicators of his own economic success, and yet it’s gone up on news of his election loss.

Investment markets and key developments over the past week. Global share markets had a pull back over the last week with the absence of a new stimulus deal and rising new coronavirus cases in the US weighing.

Deloitte Access Economics says the industry has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic remarkably well and the December quarter will be the first with limited COVID-19 restrictions since the second wave crisis hit Victoria.

It’s only been a couple of months since Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down his deficit-laden 2020/21 federal budget but already Australia’s fiscal position is beginning to brighten. Economist Chris Richardson, who always keeps a keen eye on developments in federal budgets, expects this week’s mid-year review will show a better bottom line

Just as 2020 was dominated by the pandemic and this determined the relative performance of investment markets and stocks, 2021 is likely to be dominated by the recovery. This in turn will have a profound effect on investment markets.

Global share markets pushed higher again over the last week, helped by mostly good economic data, renewed progress towards additional fiscal stimulus in the US (which may have been given a push along by a softer than expected jobs report in the US) and ongoing vaccine optimism.

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For some years now Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) has been gaining prominence as a solution to the perceived failure of traditional economic policies to achieve full employment & meet inflation targets, despite at or near zero interest rates.

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