Monday March 6th, 2017

At the National People’s Congress in Beijing yesterday, Premier Li Keqiang predicted 6.5% growth in the Chinese economy this year and spoke of a return to ‘blue skies’ over China’s cities. Phil Dobbie asks NAB’s Ray Attrill what this could mean for Australia’s steel and coal exports. We also look at the rising rate hike expectation in the US and whether the emerging wire-tapping allegations could have any impact. Plus today’s retail sales figures for Australia – do we expect to recover from December’s slip?