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Those tight Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... OECD predicts America's savings ratio to ease to 5.0% in 2012 from 5.5% in 2011. Hey, this could be a good thing! US consumers would be dipping more into their savings and goin' a-shoppin'. This is also consistent with the Black Friday sales witnessed ...

Second best month of the year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... Mohamed El Arian, told a CNN interview that, "... it's not too late to solve" the European sovereign debt dilemma. And US consumers look to be turning jolly too. The Thomson Reuters/Uni of Michigan consumer sentiment index rose to 64.2 in early November ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... England shut shops and high inflation hit shoppers' spending power, official data showed on Thursday. WASHINGTON - US consumers paid more for a range of goods and services last month, and unemployment benefit applications jumped last week to the highest ...

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Until the US housing market starts to right itself it's unlikely US consumers are going to gain too much confidence and without confidence the chance of economic recovery will remain a forlorn dream. House prices are still down 32% from their 2006 peak ...

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... month was revised higher to a gain of 1.3 per cent from an initially reported increase of 0.7 per cent. And why not, US consumers are again opening their wallets. They've regained confidence. Just look at the latest US Commerce Department report on consumer ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... cent from 5.5 per cent in the previous month. Oh no, savings are falling again! Have no fear, this just confirms US consumers' positive outlook on the economy and their finances as we've seen recently in the improvement in the consumer confidence measures ...

One report, two spins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... higher sales begets higher profits begets higher employment begets higher aggregate income? Isn't the worry that US consumers - the ones that make up 70 per cent of the economy - would be reluctant to shop that has created this fear of a double-dip? ...

Cards for houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... short-term cash boost... That can provide extra money to pay down credit cards." Now we'll just have to wait till US consumers fully regain their confidence and once more engage in that all-time favourite American pastime - shopping.

Torturing the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... wait, I confess. The July rise was due mainly to sharp increases in the price of autos and petrol. Yeah right! As if US consumers get their cars and gasoline for free and not purchasing them out of their income. No wait, I confess you're right a double-dip ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
The Australian market is expected to open higher after a rebound on Wall Street and on most major world markets on Tuesday. At 0726 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 67 points higher at 4,275. In economic ...

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