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Belabouring the labour market stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
"Tell them they're dreaming!" Perhaps Virginia, for despite headlines upon headlines of woeful below trend growth in the Australian economy, the slowness of the non-mining sector to fill up the big hole left by mining and job cut announcements... here ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
"Chill out!" Although it could also apply, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chief Glenn Stevens wasn't advising Russian President Vladimir Putin against having Turkey for Thanksgiving in retaliation for Turkey's - the country - downing of a Russian warplane ...

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... economist, Saul Eslake to prove that China is - for sure and for certain - markedly slowing. Late last year Saul told Australia that "We're explicitly forecasting that there will have been an income recession in the past two quarters". Yes Virginia ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... "I told you so" with the attendant knowing smirk and a wagging finger. Yes Virginia, a recession is again looming for Australia brought to us by the Sydney Morning Herald's ( SMH ) report the other day about Hong Kong hedge fund Kima Capital's portfolio ...

Bad news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... demand), there surely are lower commodity prices and the ill effects they have on commodity exporting countries, including Australia. There's the Eurozone where growth remains subdued and deflation still a risk. Not to mention, the on-going influx of ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... good measure. The problem with this is that it creates a problem for other central bankers such as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) but more pointedly for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB). RBA Gov Glenn presented his rationale ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
Oh-em-gee! Australia, for sure and for certain, is in trouble now. Economic growth has slowed to a crawl - a mere 0.2% in the second quarter - and that 2.5% below-trend growth in the first quarter we've all been moaning about has fallen below-er trend ...

August angst to September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
For a while there last week, it seemed the financial market storm has come and gone... and it was safe to go back into the risk waters. Financial markets are again in upheaval and fear is once more on the rise - the VIX index spiked 10.5% overnight ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... again, with the economy growing above trend, upward pressure on inflation will be building. This brings us segue to Australia's own economy. An itsy-bitsy teenie weenie 25 bps interest rate hike in America would be like a pin prick had this land "girt ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... you, I and Irene can be thankful for, and that is the Australian dollar is falling. Hip, hip... The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has found itself engaged in this new currency war - triggered by China's recent devaluation of the yuan - without firing ...