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Low rates to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... fed funds rate from somewhere around 2011 and 2012 to as early as March 2010. The trigger was November's good US payrolls report - unemployment dropped to 10.0 per cent while the reported 11,000 job losses were so far, far better than the 125,000 pink ...

We're still in Kansas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... Kansas anymore..." (James Cameron's movie, Avatar) But based on financial market's reaction to last Friday's US payrolls report, "we must be over the rainbow!" (Dorothy Gale in the Wizard of Oz). The sun shone, the sky blued and everything became beautiful ...

US payrolls jitters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... Labor Department's report of a worse-than-expected initial jobless claims led to speculation that tomorrow's US payrolls report could be weaker-than-expected. Jobless claims rose to 444,000 in the week ending 30 August -- the highest since February 2003. ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... rate in the first quarter. While it may be too late for Australian and Asian markets to react upon, Saturday's US payrolls report and the ISM index will be significant market movers of financial market activity in Europe and the US. Markets expect to ...

Saddle up the greenback

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
... Overnight trading Friday saw Australian dollar rise above US90c for the first time since June 1984 after the US payrolls report eased recession fears, boosting risk-appetite and carry trades. The Aussie dollar's 23 year record high was not only fuelled ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
... market and weak wage growth are having on American households. In a preview of what's to be expected when the US payrolls report is released on Friday night, the Conference Board survey also reveals that those finding jobs as plentiful fell while those ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares, bonds close down

... exchange rate benefited from a broad-based weakening in the US dollar after Friday night's stronger than expected US payrolls report.
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