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I heart the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... substantial amount from the peak in 2008." Perhaps this is due to tight labour market conditions and buoyant consumer confidence not translating into surging consumption. "But from a macroeconomic point of view, perhaps it is, on balance, not entirely ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... disappointing, news with Myer Ltd slashing its guidance for the full year after a first half afflicted by "fragile consumer confidence". "I think the market would have expected something more positive than that," Mr Heffernan said. "The company has dashed ...

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... Department report on consumer sentiment. And if you still doubt this, look at the University of Michigan's consumer confidence measure too. Consumer are shopping. The Thomson Reuters same store sales index of 28 companies grew by 4.2 per cent in January ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... consumers' positive outlook on the economy and their finances as we've seen recently in the improvement in the consumer confidence measures calculated by the Commerce Department and the University of Michigan. They're no longer scared of dipping into ...

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... soon, we risk having to do so more aggressively in the future, which could create a big shock to business and consumer confidence down the track." Goldman Sach's chief interest rate strategist, Francesco Gazarelli, is singing the same tune. In an interview ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... all-time low of only 0.8 per cent in April 2005. Remember, you can't fight nature. And you still wonder why US consumer confidence had been rising! Increased consumer confidence should produce continued strength in consumer spending. Increased consumer ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... showed an economy that has awaken from its summer slumber (I know, I keep using this phrase, sowee folks). US consumer confidence, motor vehicle sales, consumer spending, disposable income, the Beige Book and both manufacturing and non-manufacturing ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... from its summer siesta. If financial markets ignored the better-than-expected readings on the Chicago PMI and consumer confidence published yesterday, they'll have to have their eyes checked if they still ignored the avalanche of positive news out overnight. ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... indices and the yield curve point to continued improvement. And just yesterday, we saw the latest data on consumer confidence, personal spending and personal income - all were better, all were improving, all show that America has indeed, something to ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... strengthening growth picture in America. But taken in conjunction with other economic data such as the rebound in consumer confidence and retail spending, a narrowing trade deficit and on-going strength in the ISM indices, leaves little doubt that the ...