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Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... would accept Greek government debt as collateral for LTRO and/or TLTRO no more, no more, no more. For good measure, US jobless claims stats came in lower than market expectations, spurring speculation that tomorrow's US non-farm payrolls would reveal ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... sales rose 0.7 per cent - the most in eight months - as shoppers benefited from an improving job market and cheaper fuel. Jobless claims decreased by 3,000 to 294,000 in the week ended December 6, a Labor Department report showed. In local economic news ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Get behind me ye men of little faith! There appears no pleasing us, Australians all. Whinge, whinge, whinge. We worry about our country's economic growth - by the by my neighbour still thinks we're in recession... we never got out of it since 2009 - ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... spending, a rise in durable goods orders, and a modest increase in new-home sales. The Labor Department reported higher jobless claims for the week ending November 22. Gregori Volokhine, president of Meeschaert Capital Markets, said some of the reports ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... banks $US4.2 billion (3.4 billion euros) for attempting to rig foreign exchange markets. However higher than expected US jobless claims sent major European indices briefly negative, before bouncing back on investor Warren Buffet's $US4.7 billion takeover ...

Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... Bloomberg recommended I read next "based on my reading history", U.S. Stocks Rise With Dollar, Bonds Drop on Growth Bets Jobless Claims in U.S. at 14-Year Low Over Past Month Leading Indicators Index Shows U.S. Economy to Keep Growing Euro-Area Manufacturing ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... America overnight can make it drop - pending home sales soared to their highest level one month short of a year, weekly jobless claims came in higher than expected and second quarter real GDP growth was revised higher to an annual rate of 4.2% from 4.0%. ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... Representatives Standing Committee on Economics" in Brisbane yesterday (and the Q&A transcripts) and contrasted this with the "As jobless numbers climb, RBA is perilously close to a rare mistake" headlined by the 'Sydney Morning Herald' on 12 August. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... week of company results and strong offshore leads. Wall Street's Dow Jones finished 0.37 per cent higher overnight, after jobless claims increased but overall data continued to suggest an improving labour market. CMC Markets analyst Michael McCarthy ...