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Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... unemployment in 2011 and 2012. Speaking of unemployment, talk on cyberspace is that it was the better-than-expected US jobless claims report in the week ended 19 November that allowed investors to reclaim today what they lost yesterday. Initial jobless ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... than zero indicates an expansion in manufacturing activity. There's a positive trend happening on the labour front too. Jobless claims rose by 2,000 in the week ended 13 November to 439,000 - less than expectations for an increase to 441,000. Yeah, yeah ...

What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... punk? My calculations show that this would create 14.8 million new places - exactly equal to the 14.8 million counted as jobless in the October household survey data. Now think the boost in spending this would create. By doing this, the Fed would have ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... Markets senior dealer David Taylor said the local market was being helped by better than expected results for US initial jobless claims. During overnight trade, the US Labour Department said that initial claims for jobless aid dropped by 24,000 to a ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... payrolls rebounded sharply in October - up 151,000 against expectations of 60,000. Last night's bigger-than-expected drop in jobless claims suggest continued improvement in labour market going forward. The weaker US dollar is having a positive impact ...

QE2 is Gold(ilocks)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... environment. Aside from slack capacity there's also weak demand, particularly from Mr. and Mrs. Jones who are relying on jobless benefits that is threatened to be stopped soon. Try asking banks to lend to them at very low interest rates. Try, try, try. ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
If you're a betting man, this is your week. There's a trifecta of events coming your way. The nation will stop tomorrow for the race that stops a nation. Odds-on favourite is for So You Think to pass the finish line in strides. We shall see! But even ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... they review whether they were complying with the law when they foreclosed on delinquent mortgages. Weak trade data and jobless figures also eroded confidence." And this from Bloomberg: "U.S. stocks declined, dragging benchmark indexes down from five-month ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... question mark will still follow the word recovery. There's good news, too, on the US weekly unemployment claims data. Jobless claims fell by 16,000 in week ended 25 September. But at 453,000 claims have stabilised - not improving, not worsening - at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... following negative offshore leads, particularly from Wall Street. "I think it was the lead by the US in particular from the jobless claims being a bit higher than expected," Mr Xiradis said. "The market has been very much reactive to economic data recently ...