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April 2025 Economic & Market Review – Tariff Turmoil, Rate Cut Talk, and Growth Worries

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  1. Tariffs Go Up, Markets Get Jittery: When tariffs rise fast, confidence drops faster. Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs rewrote the trade script and kicked off a wave of uncertainty. The market’s reaction showed how quickly a single policy shift can ripple through the global system. Investors scrambled for safety while uncertainty took the spotlight.
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March Quarter 2025 – Market and Economic Review plus Outlook

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2025-26 Federal Budget Financial Planning Summary

It is that time of the year again, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered the Government’s 2025-2026 Federal Budget.

As expected, Labor’s fourth Budget centred on easing cost-of-living pressures with the welcomed surprise of proposed tax cuts. Super remained mostly untouched—no updates on Division 296 tax measures or residency rules for small super funds....

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