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Chief economist update: The devil's in the headline US payrolls number details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... latest report, well-below market expectations for a nearly one million gain (978,000 to be exact). A repeat of the 'bad news is good news' view that prevailed a month ago. But if you read the BLS's report as diligently as a crime scene investigator ...

Salaries boosted by skills shortage

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... offer those increasers to all their employees while 39% say increases will only go to top performers. Despite all the good news, Robert Half said that uncertainty in the market has many employees feeling as though they should stay with their existing ...

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
Simply stunning! "The April survey result is simply stunning - with many variables reaching survey highs. Conditions reset last month's high, driven by further gains across trading conditions, profitability and employment. Confidence has also set ...

ASIC issues warnings on investment scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... establishing self-managed super funds, and advertisements for crypto-asset and contracts for difference disguised as fake news articles. ASIC has discovered an SMSF scam where individuals have been cold called or emailed to transfer funds from their ...

Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard's recent virtual presentation provided a timely venue for the Fed to push back on inflation fears that drove equity markets down a day before. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' ...

What to expect from the budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Ahead of the federal budget tonight, there is already some good news for the superannuation sector and small businesses. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has released details about a few initiatives that will be included in the budget. The government will ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Wall Street benchmark equity indices closed on the up and up on May 7 - the Dow and the S&P 500 index even rallied new record highs -- the same day the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed disappointing labour market stats. The US economy added ...

State Street to track Bitcoin

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... Indicator series will quantify media coverage of Bitcoin, measure the intensity or prevalence of coverage relevant to all news of the day and track sentiment over time. This will expand the MediaStats Thematic Indicators offering, which launched in November ...

Ethereum overtakes big four banks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... other hand, Bitcoin has a market cap of US$1.1 trillion and at the time of publishing one Bitcoin is worth US$55,853. The news comes after investment banker Mark Carnegie launched MHC Digital Asset Fund, in partnership with blockchain expert Sergei Sergienko. ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... bond yields (and those of other major economies) have risen in line with the ascent with their US counterparts. This bad news for both existing US and Australian bond holders as the price of bonds fall. The ugly. While recent activity indicators have ...