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Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... budget. However, the thing to fear is the latest update on the US labour market. The Labor Department reported the US economy increased by only 120,000 jobs last month - far less than expectations for a 203K gain and the 200K or so added over the past ...

QE going, going ...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... cycle, at least. No sir. Especially not after last night's reports further underlined the strengthening momentum in the US economy. ADP Employer Services reported that the economy added 209,000 private sector jobs in March. This is higher than expectations ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... Australian market has opened lower after the US Federal Reserve indicated it was reluctant to further stimulate the US economy. At 1020 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 10.3 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 4,326.7 while the broader ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Eurozone, the UK and Japan and unchanged for the US. Less than a fortnight later, even the unchanged outlook for the US economy has been changed. In its interim assessment of the economic outlook, the OECD lifted its US Q1 and Q2 2012 growth projections ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... growth estimates but warned that the eurozone would struggle to grow this year. The OECD raised its outlook for the US economy and now expects growth to come in at 2.8% (from 1.7% previously) in 2012. Perhaps this is one of the chief reasons why Wall ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... per cent. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rallied on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned the US economy was still fragile and the bank would keep easy monetary policy in place. While his comments played down recent strong jobs ...

Big Ben boosta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... standing ovation at that. Wall Street seemed content enough to trade up on indications of strengthening momentum in the US economy - something most didn't expect at 2012's open. But not Ben, he wants to "make the magic last for more than just one night". ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... turn investors from (stock) gobblers to wobblers. Certainly not when you consider the strengthening momentum in the US economy. We got more evidence of this last night. The Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators rose by 0.7% in February ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed after two days of gains, while increasing optimism over the recovery in the US economy boosted the US dollar. Tokyo gained 0.72 per cent, or 72.76 points, to 10,123.28 on Thursday and Hong Kong added 0.21 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... positive comments on the economy by the US Federal Reserve, he said. "The Fed's statements to confirm a recovering US economy and the decreasing need of quantitative easing gave investors reason to take up US dollars," Mr Audencial said. BHP Billiton ...