• On Wednesday (14th April), the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg revealed that the unemployment rate had dropped below 4% to 3.95% in March.
• On Sunday 10th April, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the date of the federal election to be 21st May.
• The ASX 200 closed 0.6% higher, up 44.4 points to 7523.4 this week, helped by Australian blue chips.
• Growing number of global and local superannuation/pension funds are looking into cryptocurrency investments, being viewed as an effective hedge against inflation.
