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100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... growth in the near term... Overall, the Bank still expects growth to be a little below trend over the year ahead." "Labour market data have been unusually volatile of late. The Bank's assessment remains that although some forward indicators of employment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... QE program, sticking to its timetable of an increase well into 2015. The Fed's policy statement cited improving labour market conditions and expressed little concern about low inflation, elements that led some analysts to characterise it as more hawkish ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... all... but good news on interest rates. Indecisions, indecisions. The uncertainty over what really the latest US labour market indicator is indicating was palpable in last night's trading activity on Wall Street. The S&P 500 opened up, reached a high ...

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... ago - at Jackson Hole - painstakingly explained why the Fed believes that there's still "significant" slack in the labour market and forward guided the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker (and their dogs and cats) that, "...based on a range ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... rates low for a "considerable time" after ending its massive stimulus program, based on continued weakness in the labour market. A rate increase could hurt Asian markets by making them vulnerable to a sell-off, as the incentive for investors to seek ...

Hockey names infrastructure top priority for G20

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has said the mobilisation of private capital to fund infrastructure is his first priority ahead of the G20 meeting which kicks off today in Cairns. Speaking at the Bloomberg Sydney Summit this morning, Hockey said the G20 nations ...

FRBSF takes on Jackson Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... ago - at Jackson Hole - painstakingly explained why the Fed believes that there's still "significant" slack in the labour market and forward guided the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker (and their dogs and cats) that, "...based on a range ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... gradually." The June quarter capital expenditure survey confirms these. House prices continue to rise but overall labour market conditions "remained subdued". No dramatic changes in domestic and international fundamentals equals no RBA drama on interest ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... nah, not after Janet's Jackson Hole detailed elaboration for the remaining "slack", the "under-utilisation" in the labour market. No sir. Speaking of slack, they may even be expanding in the Eurozone. While Germany's unemployment rate steadied at 6.7% ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... be flowing more (sooner rather than later) in Japan and the Eurozone - for a "considerable time". "Re-Evaluating Labour Market Dynamics" is the conference's theme this year. The captains of our money and the masters of our financial markets sang with ...