Global markets nervous as new COVID19 variant rocks confidence - Monday Finance with Peter Ryan.

Global sharemarkets are bracing for more volatility in the coming days amid escalating fears about the new COVID19 variant that's possibly resistant to vaccines. 

The possibility of tightening restrictions and borders closing just as they're opening up will overshadow this week's all-important National Accounts which will confirm deep economic damage from recent lockdowns in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.

I speak with Gareth Aird, head of Australian economics at Commonwealth Bank on RN Breakfast.