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Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... temporary census workers are factored out. For better or for worse, tomorrow's actual print of the US non-farm payrolls report for August could determine whether Wall Street's newfound optimism is sustained or fizzles.

Squared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... half of its average daily summer volume of around 5 bil. Hardly surprising because the all-important US non-farm payrolls report is due for release tomorrow. Financial markets expect the US unemployment rate to nudge up to 9.6 per cent in July. Employment ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... Searching... searching. Aha! The United States of America! Gloom and doomers are again using the latest US non-farm payrolls report to convince themselves that yes, the US is headed for a double-dip. Non-farm payrolls fell by 125,000 in June -- worse ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... been practically going nowhere (flat) this year. However, the same could not be said for tonight's US non-farm payrolls report. Financial markets have pencilled in a 125K drop in overall employment in June largely due to the retrenchment of temporary ...

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... five consecutive months now. Good. Good? Bad? So-so? We'll find out soon enough -- when the official US non-farm payrolls report is released tomorrow night.

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... waiting for the actual figures to come out - especially not after the great disappointment of the May non-farm payrolls report. But before that, us here in Australia, would be glued to the Gillard-Miners RSPT battle ("negotiations" according to Julia). ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... an unusual craving for honey. OMG! I think I'm turning into a bear! No, not because of last week's US non-farm payrolls report nor news that Hungary is following the European PIGS down the drain. It also wasn't because of last night's report that the ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... joke... only because some may actually, really, truly prefer a night out with KRudd... at Hooters. The US non-farm payrolls report showed that the economy added 431,000 jobs in May. Normally, such a "huge" number -- the largest monthly gain in 10 years ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... 41,000 workers in May, down dramatically from 218,000 in April and the lowest number since January, the non-farm payrolls report said. The news made it clear that the economic recovery isn't yet picking up the momentum that investors have been looking ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... one and all that we are indeed in a better place? This thing I speak of is no other than tomorrow's US non-farm payrolls report. This indicator had always been 'the' major economic indicator for America - it is not called "the mother of all economic ...