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Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... leading indicators of the US economy. Both have been flashing expansions for over a year and so have their respective employment components. The US Federal Reserve Beige Book. Bears called it the Grey Book but not anymore. Last week the survey revealed ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... woken up to the fact that month after month US economic data - except for housing - had been improving. I wanted to put employment as an exception but no, labour market indicators have also been strengthening. Yesterday, the ADP/Macroeconomic Advisors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... another gauge showed the vast US service sector grew for a 15th consecutive month in last month, with increases in firms' employment, production and prices. A drop in oil prices following a Venezuelan offer to mediate the conflict in Libya also helped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... companies added 217,000 jobs last month, above what analysts predicted. That raised expectations that the government's employment report coming out Friday could show a decline in the unemployment rate. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 8.29 points ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... remain - and when it lapses, stay tuned for QE3. But we might not have long to wait. The ISM manufacturing index's employment component rose to 64.5 in February - the 17th straight month above 50 and the highest since January 1973 - with 11 industries ...

Swan approves AMP/AXA merger

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... acquisition of AXA APH was is in the national interest. The approval is, however, subject to a number of conditions around employment, which AMP has agreed to under the subsection 14(1) of the Financial Sector Shareholding Act (FSSA). These conditions ...

Buy a toaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... economy has "improved considerably... we are still very far away from achieving our dual mandate of maximum sustainable employment and price stability." Similarly, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard is not ruling out the Fed extending its bond purchase ...

Roubini defects

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... years -- we have missed on both of our policy objectives. There is currently no policy conflict between improving the employment and inflation outcomes. This leads me to conclude that accommodative monetary policy continues to be beneficial for achieving ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... 4,917 with more than 11,910 contracts traded. Burrell stockbroking director Richard Herring said positive housing and employment figures from the US and strong reporting results were driving the Australian market. "We're up ten to 12 points this morning ...

CREATE predicts golden age for stockpickers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... specific themes such as environmental funds. However, Professor Amin, Rajan, chief executive of the Centre for Research in Employment and Technology in Europe (CREATE), feels that the best opportunities for high returns may lie outside such a plan. He ...