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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... investment also marked its 14th consecutive month of year-on-year fall, recording a 2.4% drop last month. US consumer confidence US consumer confidence also appears to be wavering. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to a reading of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... respondents (53%) expected to derive personal retirement income from "superannuation/annuity/allocated pension". US consumer confidence A rebound on Wall Street and a more dovish Fed pushed the Conference Board's consumer confidence index up to 96.2 ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... noise" and "transitory factors". US core CPI inflation was at 1.8% in April - close to the 2.0% Fed target. US consumer confidence, house prices, new home sales and durable goods orders - a leading indicator of business investment - all came in ahead ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... sector leading the losses. The Australian dollar has jumped above the US 80 cent mark on the back of weak US consumer confidence data and concerns about the Federal Reserve's policy meeting that starts on Wednesday, US time. As for the banks, the Commonwealth ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... in January. Discouraged job seekers are encouraged to send out resumes again - a fact highlighted by the US consumer confidence survey that showed the proportion of respondents saying that "jobs are plentiful" rising to six-year highs in January and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after Wall Street rose on upbeat US consumer confidence. The US consumer confidence index has leapt from 89.0 in September to 94.5 in October, giving US equities a solid boost overnight. The positive sentiment ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... commodity prices and soft leads from US equities. Wall Street stocks finished lower overnight after a monthly US consumer confidence index fell for the first time in four months due to mounting concerns about the jobs market. Combined with another fall ...

Market Wrap AM

MARKET WRAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... to open lower following falls on Wall Street after disappointing economic data, including a big drop in US consumer confidence. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 33 points at 5,250. After rising for four ...

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... hurts Vlad. This is perhaps one of the reasons behind Wall Street's downing overnight despite reports that US consumer confidence surged to a better than expected 90.9 reading in July - the highest since December 2007 - from an already strong 86.4 in ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... and it was distorted by the polar vortex. The June quarter should be better. Fresher data releases show US consumer confidence rising, manufacturing expansion gaining momentum, the labour market improving and the housing sector strengthening. Good perhaps ...