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Jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... November from 5.8 per cent in the previous month. Might I add it is getting close to the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) forecast of 5.5 per cent by the end of 2009? But it was not only the Federal Government, other big and much resourced ...

You're dreaming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... of the 8.75 per cent it predicted last May. At this point, I like to make a plug for our Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) team. In my last piece for 2008 - "Beautiful set of numbers, 12 December 2008 - I wrote about FSIU's forecast. "For sure ...

Liquidity flow versus trade flow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... significantly cheaper than the 4.82 per cent rate back in October 2008 and the lowest the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) has on its record. But while it appears that liquidity and credit are again starting to flow, trade flows are again ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... have now recanted - some continue to hold their ground, but their numbers are shrinking. The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) has, at no point in time, doubted that so much money poured into the system will work. The FSIU argued several months ...

Ways to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... perhaps the Government does not need to engage in more stimulatory spending because as the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) had been arguing all along, the fiscal and monetary stimulus measures are working. Even Access Economics has more recently ...

When it's too late

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... Nouriel Roubini, has already come out of the bear closet and declared he has turned bull. The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) has been arguing all along that the equity markets left bottom back in March despite only second derivative improvements ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... risk every once in a while but have not provided an all-out cure. About two weeks ago, the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) argued that while it may be unpalatable for capitalist economies to head down this track, there might be no other comprehensive ...

No bad news is no news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... remains consistent - perhaps still even below - Australia's level of full employment. The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) estimates full employment at 5.5 per cent. This is good news and reinforces our view that Australia may yet be able ...

The best forecaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... of the present-day US recession (although this has yet to be dated). Data available to the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) revealed that an inversion in the US yield curve since 1971 have ALWAYS been followed by a recession. Instead of exploring ...

The other race

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... to water but you cannot make it drink. On that other race - the US Presidential Race - the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) wrote last week that: 'According to Bloomberg, US stocks have generally rebounded a year after the Democrats take office. ...