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Thursday, 16 December 2021

Top areas to invest (paywall)

Top picks

I discussed our top location picks in the AFR today (you may be paywalled)...


In any case, you can download our full Property Investor Report for 2022 here

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As inflation pressures refuse to ease the US Federal Reserve is now in taper mode, with three rate hikes priced in for 2022.

The Bank of England is also expected to hike sooner rather than later, with inflation now above 5 per cent to be at the highest level in a decade. 

It will be interesting to see what the RBA has to say of interest on the subject over the weeks ahead, if anything. 

Expect to see a bonanza jobs print today, with the economy likely to add 200,000 to 300,000 back on to total employment.

The unemployment rate might not improve much - or even at all - however, as the labour force swells and participation surges back. 

More on this later...