Daily FNArena News

The December survey into consumer prices by TD Waterhouse and Melbourne Institute suggests disinflation remains the trend in Australia.

According to Barclays Capital, worsening economic fundamentals and increasing supply suggest little scope for shorter-term gains in commodity prices.

Chinese consumers are in essence facing the same battle as consumers elsewhere, new data and insights show.

Brokers are mixed in their assessment of December’s housing finance data, but one thing seems certain, house prices must fall.

Australian unemployment numbers revealed employers are shedding full time jobs. Expect the RBA to continue cutting rates.

While only modestly better than expected, uranium miner Energy Resources of Australia’s quarterly production report beat broker expectations.

Index rebalancing has temporarily distorted the picture, but copper prices should have no other way to go but down.

Analysts at Deutsche Bank expect the uranium spot price to strengthen during this quarter, which bodes well for both Paladin and ERA.

Alcoa’s disappointing quarterly earnings result has brokers worried about the downside earnings risk for Australian listed Alumina Ltd.

We take a look at the latest trading ideas the technical FX team at CIBC World Markets has come up with.