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Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... first time for everything. This might just be ECRI's virgin moment. Somethin' good is suggested by the last US payrolls report that showed increased by 103,000 in September - better than expectations for a 60,000 gain - with 137,000 heads added to private ...

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... to keep the chatter alive - for both bears and bulls. First the good news. A better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report punctuated last week's encouraging data flow indicating that America is slowly crawling away from the precipice of a double ...

Cry of the banshee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... There was nothing in cyberspace or blogosphere mentioning even one 'expert' remotely warning that the US Non-farm Payrolls report for June would be dismal. No sir! Not after this splendid lead from the private sector. Many even upped their predictions ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... aftermath of Japan's 11 March disaster. Now we sit back and wish and hope and pray that tonight's official US non-farm payrolls report confirm the positive indications from last night's positive job stats and does a big boing.

Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... that this was almost similar to the happenings last month. ADP report disappointed, market sold off. Non-farm payrolls report surprised to upside, bears disappointed. With the now lowered US employment expectations for May, it'll be easier for the actual ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... not again. Don't tell me that just days after the "no one can deny" good news brought by the April US non-farm payrolls report, the global outlook has made a U-turn... or is about to? I... don't... think...so. I suspect it's just them financial journalists ...

Backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... comes the sun, and I say it's alright" (Beatles). And this happened in a span of just 24 hours. The US non-farm payrolls report - the mother of all economic reports - for April did it. The economy created an additional 244,000 jobs over the month - the ...

Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... that's where we're all headed. And "fundamentals" continue to improve there. Just look at the latest non-farm payrolls report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that employment jumped by 230,000 in March - making the 185,000 gains financial markets ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... everything is fine except... it's not fine enough. Wall Street was so sure heading into the February US non-farm payrolls report that the data will confirm improving labour market conditions in America. All the signs leading up to Friday night's jobs ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... but no, labour market indicators have also been strengthening. Yesterday, the ADP/Macroeconomic Advisors private payrolls report showed 217,000 private sector jobs added in February - more than expectations for a 175,000 gain - from an upwardly revised ...