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But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... excluding transportation - dipped by 0.1% after a 0.4% increase in April. Markets expected a 0.3% gain. Overall, these indicators suggest that while the US economy is improving, this improvement won't be good enough for the Fed. As long as US economic ...

Social media business use up 25pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... business is accompanied by similar increases in how business more generally is using information technology. "Most key indicators of business use of information technology have increased. For example, survey results show that nearly a third of Australian ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... haven't been concerned for weeks, but I'm becoming a bit concerned now with where the market is, especially with many indicators hitting levels that are contrary to the normal reading." One indicator he speaks of is the VIX index heading south while ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... Department reported initial jobless claims fell by 6,000 last week, while the Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators rose 0.5 per cent in May. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama offered up to 300 US advisers to train Iraqi forces. Iraqi ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... This assessment will take into account a wide range of information, including measures of labor market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial developments". "When the Committee decides to begin ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... growth..." All these measures haven't fully impacted on the economy yet but look at what's happening at recent China growth indicators: China's unadjusted merchandise trade surplus expanded to US$35.9 billion in May - the widest surplus since January ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... futures contract was down eight points at 5,495. In economic news on Monday, the bureau of statistics releases business indicators for the March quarter and building approvals data for April. TD Securities and the Melbourne Institute release their inflation ...

Promises promises and broken promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... lines with regards to its assessment of the Australian economy. "More recently, there has been some improvement in indicators for the labour market, but it will probably be some time yet before unemployment declines consistently." The RBA was obviously ...

Mother doesn't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... would the Fed reconcile these inconsistent stats? The short answer is, it may have to wait for more data for leading indicators of the labour market are equally ambivalent - there's also the good and the bad. For instance, the Conference Board's latest ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... transmission mechanism that lengthen the lag between our accommodative policy stance and price developments." Recent indicators suggest that the transmission mechanism might be beginning to transmit. For instance, Spanish real GDP growth accelerated ...