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Janet puts it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... Aunt Janet told the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee - and the world - that: She's optimistic about the economic outlook. "... we have heard many different pieces of evidence, as well as what we see in broader statistics, that suggest that the weather ...

Promises promises and broken promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... that the mighty Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) thinks the same way. In its latest Economic Outlook report, the OECD warned that, "Given the near-term uncertainties in the rebalancing of the economy away from investment in ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... markets become trading for trading's sake, rather than serving the real economy." Who'd care about the Fed, the economic outlook, interest rates, valuations, etc. when all you have to do is monitor buy/sell orders and get in a few milliseconds early? ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... be released later in the day. The HSBC Flash Purchasing Managers Index figures will give an insight into the economic outlook for Australia's largest trading partner. The major banks started the week lower, with Westpac down eight cents in early trade ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... released late on Thursday showed a sharp decline in industrial output in February, adding to concerns about the economic outlook for Australia's biggest trading partner. Meanwhile, Russia's decision to put more troops near the Ukrainian border ahead ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have closed down, with mining shares hit hard by renewed worries over China's economic outlook. The London's FTSE 100 lost 0.97 per cent to 6,620.9 points on Wednesday, the Dax 30 in Frankfurt slumped 1.28 per cent ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... is because the latest US jobs report contained no new information that portends a "significant change" in the economic outlook. You know, the one Chair Yellen recently testified to before the Senate, the one she said had to happen before the US central ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... with the 'forward guidance' club. Although "... the economy is evolving smoothly and is moving along with our economic outlook (yes, yes, yo we already heard you say that)... If the risk that you mentioned actually materialized, we would make an adjustment ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... but will instead indicate only that it had become appropriate for the Committee to consider whether the broader economic outlook would justify such an increase". You and I know what she's talking about - it's about the 6.5% unemployment rate "threshold" ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... jobs market and that the current volatility in emerging markets "... do not pose a substantial risk to the U.S. economic outlook." Yes, it's good, but it gets better. Don't go expecting the Fed to raise interest rates anytime soon. Forget the January ...