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Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Serious tax reform in finance is likely to be progressed in the next term of federal government according to Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen. Speaking to the AFR Tax Reform Summit, Bowen said the change in federal government leadership was close to the ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... particularly on China and emerging markets". You, I and Irene have seen the data alright and they paint a picture of a US economy that's growing above trend with a strong labour market but also with below-target inflation. We should be happy with Jan ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... think these changes will affect asset prices [...] you need your head examined," he said, but added that fears the US economy would come to a grinding halt are overblown. Douglass explained that in 1994 the Fed increased the cash rate from 3% to 6% through ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... would it do to take the first step into monetary policy normalisation now if it causes the financial markets and the US economy to take two or three steps back in the process? Or in the words of Homer - no, not the Greek author of the "Iliad" and the ...

Labour market says go, inflation says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... of the Fed's 5.0% - 5.3% range predicted in June. This is consistent with the recent US GDP update that showed the US economy growing above trend at 3.7% annualised rate in the June quarter. Those expecting a hold on proceedings are also correct. Employment ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... means that the Fed can go ahead and lift, right Virginia? More so after last night's re-calibration revealing that the US economy grew not 2.3% but a solid 3.7% in the second quarter - backed up by "an upturn in exports, an acceleration in PCE, a deceleration ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... determinant of a Fed lift-off and that it is no fluke and that it is an ominous portend of bad things to come to the US economy, be extra careful. For the same report shows that the New York region's manufacturers more optimistic about their future with ...

All right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... employment update to confirm their respective cognitive biases. The latest numbers are unlikely to change your thinking. The US economy added 215K jobs in July. It's not good enough for it was lower than the expected 223K addition and represents a softening ...

Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... more sense to explain Wall Street's happy trading the other day, does it not Virginia? Instead of the headlined the US economy is stronger now so, yes you can Janet. Do it... in September? Sure, sure. If so, then Wall Street would have rallied even harder ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... worse, a few screws. The quick rationale that is being peddled by the headlines for Wall Street's happy-ness is that the US economy is improving so go ahead Fed, make our day For the life of me, I really couldn't find anything fresh in the Fed statement... ...