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Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... think what it would do to the domestic economy if, for one, the Fed is correct that the first quarter weakness in the US economy is due to "transitory factors" and China stimulates some more for two. Remember too, that the better-than-expected Australian ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... and its creditors held debt reform talks. The US dollar edged up following a broadly upbeat round of reports on the US economy as investors look ahead to the release on Friday of key US jobs data. Shanghai slumped 5.2 per cent at one point after a brokerage ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... sector in May and a solid 201,000 new private-sector jobs in May. The Federal Reserve's Beige Book reported that the US economy returned to modest-to-moderate growth during April and May after stalling in the first quarter of the year. ECB President ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... percentage of disposable income rose to 5.6% in April from 5.2% in March. The consumer accounts for roughly 70% of the US economy and therefore, is the most important data released last night... and the latest data say, they are saving instead of consuming. ...

Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... weekend. Chair Janet reprised her song about the first quarter weakness was due to "statistical noise" and that the US economy would strengthen. "For this reason, if the economy continues to improve as I expect, I think it will be appropriate at some ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... said delaying a move to raise interest rates "would risk overheating the economy." However, she also warned that the US economy continues to show weakness, with significant job market slack not reflected in the 5.4 per cent jobless rate. Analysts said ...

Tug o' currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... speculation that the ECB might reduce/end QE before the set September 2016 deadline. No thanks to the rising US dollar, the US economy has weakened and headline inflation had become deflation (minus 0.1% in March) -- and expectations of a Fed lift-off ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... Virginia, that advance estimate of 0.2% annualised rate of GDP growth the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported the US economy grew by in the March quarter of this year is wrong. "The application of second-round seasonal adjustment increases real ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... prices. It's the strong US dollar, it's the weakening US dollar in recent weeks. It's the "transitory" weakness in the US economy, it's the weakening US economy, it's... It's this, it's that, it's blah, blah and blah. It was only last week when the head ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... Wednesday after the Commerce Department said retail sales, a key part of consumer spending that drives most of the US economy, stagnated in April after rising 1.1 per cent in March. The average consensus estimate had been for a 0.2 per cent increase. ...