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Things Investors Should Know: Week 17, 2022

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Radio towers bombed inside Moldovan Transnistria, a Moscow-backed state neighbouring Ukraine
Washington Post

[Author's note:] In week 9 of this year, I highlighted reports suggesting Russia appeared it may have been preparing to invade Moldova, a country that shares a border with Ukraine. Inside Moldova is a pro-Russian separatist state by the name of 'Transnistria.'

This week, military assets in Transnistria were bombed. Who bombed what, exactly, and why, remains unclear.

A Russian general last month suggested that one aim of the invasion could be to capture land along Ukraine's south, forming a land corridor to Transnistria. 

Officials from Moldova and Ukraine condemned the remark, though it remained unclear if it is official policy. Tensions were ignited anew in recent days by reports of explosions that Transnistrian officials said hit a radio center and a security headquarters. On Wednesday, there were further reports that a village housing a Russian arms depot was hit by shots after drones flew over from Ukraine.

ANZ, EY, others call for RBA to raise Oz interest rates to 0.25% in May
News[.]com[.]au 

One of the nation's most respected economists has warned of an immediate series of rate hikes that will rise "more aggressively than initially thought likely" — after woeful new inflation data released today. 

Major banks and financial institutions are calling on the Reserve Bank to raise the target cash rate next week, to as high as 0.5 per cent -- an 0.4 per cent increase — after CPI data released [this week] showed a record 5.1 per cent annual inflation rate.

Australian food prices through Q1CY22 at eleven-year-high
Trading Economics 

The annual food price inflation in Australia climbed to 4.3 percent in the March quarter of 2022 from 1.9 percent in Q4. This marked the highest reading since Q3 2011, as consumption accelerated further as the economy fully reopened following a ramped-up in the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

Aussie farmers raking in as Indonesia's palm oil export ban causes canola to surge
ABC 

Natural disasters and trade bans are creating a perfect storm for Australian vegetable oil producers as prices skyrocket globally. War in Ukraine and a drought in Canada have left a hole in the market, which has been filled by Australia's record harvest. 

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Most recently, the Indonesian government banned the export of palm oil last Friday. Being the world's largest supplier, analysts predict the demand for other oilseeds will rise as a result.

ALP announces plan to crack down on corporate tax avoidance if elected
ALP 

Labor has promised to close loopholes being used by multinational corporations to avoid paying tax to "level the playing field for Australian businesses" if it wins the federal election. 

Announcing the party's economic plan, Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Labor would focus on managing rising inflation, lifting stagnant wages and cutting wasteful government spending.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine to increase famine in Africa: African Development Bank
World-Grain 

While Africa's production of cereal crops such as wheat and rice has been boosted in recent years, the continent must meet the challenges of an approaching food crisis made worse by the war in Ukraine, the Atlantic Council's Africa Center was told on April 22. 

African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, speaking as a guest of the Washington, DC, US-based think tank, called for an increased sense of urgency amid what he described as a once-in-a-century convergence of global challenges for Africa, including a looming food crisis.

Despite World Bank 2022 outlook cut, German stock exchange boosts yearly target
Reuters 

German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE) raised its full-year targets on Monday as it reported better-than-expected quarterly results thanks to higher trading activity amid Russia's war in Ukraine. 

Canadian central bank chief shoots down calls for a crypto currency 'stablecoin'
Reuters 

The Canadian dollar will remain at the center of the country's financial system, the central bank chief said on Monday, responding to questions about a Conservative leadership candidate's pledge to make the country the blockchain capital of the world. 

World military expenditure hit record high in 2021 at over USD$2T
SIPRI 

Total global military expenditure increased by 0.7 per cent in real terms in 2021, to reach $2113 billion. The five largest spenders in 2021 were the United States, China, India, the United Kingdom and Russia, together accounting for 62 per cent of expenditure, according to new data on global military spending published today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Major Asian shipping group says young workers in seafaring sector decreasing
HSN 

On 21st April 2022, the 27th Interim Meeting of the Seafarers Committee (SC), Asian Shipowners' Association (ASA), was held virtually. 

In some Asian countries and regions, however, there are fewer and fewer young people willing to work as seafarers. 

As a result, the number of third mates and fourth engineer officers is decreasing significantly, and the subsequent supply of seafarers is insufficient. Undoubtedly, the epidemic will be accelerating the loss of seafarers, especially young seafarers.

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