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Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... cycle would ensue as companies fold because of the loss of liquidity and a slowing economy, investment drops and unemployment rises, consumer spending contracts, mortgages go into arrears, repossessions, forced selling, house prices dive, the value of ...

Global recession coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... July. Tighter lending standards and rising inventories suggest that house prices have yet to find a floor. Rising unemployment would not help either. The US labour market is in recession. Initial jobless claims rose to 461,000 in the week ending 20 September. ...

TARP or TRAP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... be unable to access loans for spending on housing, automobiles or education. Reduced spending will lead to higher unemployment and slower economic growth. For his part, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson stated that, '... this entire proposal is about ...

The good and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... their debts in case liquidity dries up anew. The negative fall out into the broader economy has been limited. The unemployment rate peaked, allowing anxious homeowners' to hold on to their homes and thereby putting a floor under house prices. Inventories ...

Moral hazard remains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... the US government took a laissez faire approach, i.e., they left the economy and the markets to their own devices. Unemployment benefits and deposit insurance were unheard of back then. While this tended to make economic recessions more severe such as ...

This Week's Movers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... economy is expected to add another 5,900 jobs in August after a 10,900 increase in the previous month. However, the unemployment rate is forecast to tick up to 4.4 per cent in August from 4.3 per cent in the previous month. US: US financial markets will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... initially fell after the Labor Department reported that payrolls shrank more than predicted last month, and that the unemployment rate reached a five-year high. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 32.73, or 0.29 per cent to settle at 11,220.96, although ...

Broken hearts from empty pockets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... on Australians' wellbeing, because people feel better prepared to deal with life's challenges such as illness or unemployment, or achieve goals such as higher education." To counter their worries, Bryant suggested consumers get expert help. "People who ...

Today's the day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... continue to generate good profits, which they then turn into investment in capital and labour. This must be why the unemployment rate remains at a low 4.3 per cent and jobs continue to grow at a 2.4 per cent pace per annum. But the markets have placed ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... expected to show a ninth consecutive decline in August, with a loss of 75,000 jobs following July's 51,000 fall. The unemployment rate is expected to remain steady at 5.7%. Because of the weakening labour market, growth in unit labour costs is forecast ...