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More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... create jobs. The number of unemployed jumped almost 40,000 during the month to 663,000." But maybe not -- not if it's Bloomberg's report you read: "Australian employers hired almost three times the number of workers economists forecast for September ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... The Financial Times reports that the S&P 500 companies' earnings are expected to decline by 2.7% in the third quarter. Bloomberg says they'll be down by 1.7%. But whatever, the point is that the third quarter of 2012 is expected to be the baddest earnings ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... banks' cash reserve ratio by 25 bps to 4.5% -- the least since 2004 - last month. The government is also doing its bit. Bloomberg reports that PM Singh "is seeking to build on the biggest opening of the country's economy in a decade" with his proposal ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... the a,-100 bil that's at the ready for when begs). Good luck to you Prime Minister Rajoy or it'll be goodbye. Just ask Bloomberg. Its headline says it all, "Euro-Region Unemployment Rate Rises to Record 11.4%" in August. Nah, this is plain wrong. Revisions ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... Street, they were one in telling us that it's getting bad out there. AFR: Stocks fall on clouded corporate profit outlook Bloomberg: Stocks Drop With Oil as Dollar Rebounds on Growth Concern Bloomberg: U.S. Stocks Fall Amid Concern Over Stimulus Efforts ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... troika do not seem to be in a hurry releasing its verdict (the disbursement of the next tranche of aid) on Greece either. Bloomberg reported just this morning that the trio "-- said on Sept. 21 they'll take a "brief pause" after making "good progress" ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... direction - banking union. One to go. Soon we'll know the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy deliberations. Bloomberg reports that, "The Federal Reserve is likely to announce a third round of bond purchases tomorrow, according to almost ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... (US$111 billion) in August - more than the 600 billion expected and a 30.4% increase from the previous month. Also, Bloomberg reports that, "Net issuance of corporate bonds was 258.4 billion yuan in August, more than double the 89.8 billion a year earlier ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... like some partygoers have gotten lost on their way to the party - Big Ben's party, that is. Less than 24 hours after Bloomberg Businessweek published this headline, "Fed Stuck at Zero Into 2015, QE Odds Reach 99%" yesterday, screens displaying the performance ...