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"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... on US economic growth and, combined with cheap oil prices, US inflation. Funny that the near-term direction of the US economy and its financial markets hinge on just one word - "patient" - the removal of which, could send the US dollar on course for ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... her, everybody loves her" -- everybody wants to take that beauty home. The stars have aligned for the greenback. The US economy continues to gain momentum while the rest of the majors are either slowing, flatlining or struggling to get up. A fact underscored ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... growth data from the US Labor Department has raised expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. The US economy added 295,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate down to 5.5%, the lowest level since May 2008. CMC Markets ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 64 points at 5,826. The Labor Department said the US economy added 295,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate down two tenths to 5.5 per cent, the lowest level since May 2008. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... European Central Bank meeting. Wall Street provided a negative lead again despite an upbeat report on the state of the US economy and another round of healthy private-sector jobs growth. Hong Kong sank 1.11 per cent, or 272.43 points to 24,193.04 and ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... the US dollar exchanges against the euro and the yen, the greater the risk of disappointment over the outlook for the US economy. How high could the greenback go before the Fed fights back? A word, a rhetoric, a wink, wink, nudge, nudge from Janet (of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points points at 5,758. The US Labor Department said the US economy added 257,000 jobs in January, better than the 235,000 projected by analysts. The report also included large upward revisions ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... expectations, spurring speculation that tomorrow's US non-farm payrolls would reveal continuing strengthening momentum in the US economy. All's well in Uncle Sam's garden or... so it seems. "So it seems" because another US stat released overnight shows ...

When Japan is blah, the Eurozone is ugh and China is wow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... have a good year either and will grow at around the same rate. That said, the theme this year is "divergence": the US economy will continue to strengthen and underpin a global economic growth that will accelerate by 0.5 per cent to 3.8 per cent. That's ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... low-flation and deflation (another consequence of a high exchange rate). However, there's still enough momentum in the US economy to overcome these cross currents (crossed fingers). More so, if the BOJ and the ECB succeeds in lifting their respective ...