Share markets have fallen sharply in recent weeks as uncertainty around US President Trump’s policies have led to renewed concerns about the risk of recession at a time when share market valuations were stretched.

While anticipation of devastation from Cyclone Alfred saw the PM ditch plans to call an election for 12th April, we are effectively in an election campaign with the Government announcing numerous spending promises since January and the Coalition often matching them.

Global share markets were mixed over the last week. US shares were whacked by ongoing tariff uncertainty and this also weighed on Japanese shares.

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After a brief downswing, national average property prices hooked back up in February, reflecting the anticipation and then reality of the RBA starting to cut rates.

Global share markets fell again over the last week on the back of increasing concerns about the economic outlook with weaker data out of the US and new tariffs from Tariff Man along with concerns the AI share boom may be over.

Share markets have so far been fairly resilient in the face of uncertainty around Trump’s policies particularly tariffs. However, nervousness is creeping in. This note looks at seven key charts worth watching.

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While US shares rose slightly over the last week making a new record high gains were tempered by concerns about consumer spending.

Last December the RBA noted that “if the future flow of data continued to evolve in line with or weaker than [RBA] expectations…it would in due course be appropriate to begin relaxing the degree of monetary policy tightness.”

Global shares rose over the last week helped by hopes that Trump’s tariffs won’t be as bad as feared following more delays to their start up along with strong US earnings.

Watch AMP's Dr Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist, and Diana Mousina, Deputy Chief Economist, as they look to the future and share their insights and predictions for markets, Australia and the global economy in 2025.