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Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... expected to 382k last week and the week before that was revised up to 385K from 382K. Also, the US index of leading indicators dipped by 0.1% in August -- the third monthly fall in five months - after a 0.5% increase in July. Unlike the weeks leading ...

Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... - and save the world? By now you would have read about the pieces of bad news that is good news - the bad economic indicators that have raised hopes that perhaps this week, dear Uncle Ben would be dropping money from his helicopter. That or he'll be ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... board meets in 12 days. In local economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its business indicators for June quarter and its retail trade figures for July while the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for August ...

The QE question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... stronger." True, true. Recent updates on retail sales, housing, industrial production and the index of leading economic indicators have shown improvement. And just last night, US real GDP growth was revised higher to an annualised rate of 1.7% in the ...

Fall on the Wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... be right. US eco stats - retail sales, consumer confidence, industrial production and the index of leading economic indicators - released last week all improved. Add to these last night's report that new home sales rose by a more than expected 3.6% to ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... sentiment rose to its highest level in three months in August - better than expectations - and the July index of leading indicators increased by twice market expectations. Yes, it's not happening overnight but it is happening. Reminds me of one of Aesop's ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... maybe -- has broken the decelerating rate of employment growth in the second quarter. Yippe ki yay! However, leading indicators -- average workweek and overtime hours (unchanged in July from June) -- point to continued unsatisfactory gains in employment ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... beating lowered estimates. Never mind the latest string of disappointing eco stats - jobless claims, index of leading indicators, Philadelphia Fed index and existing home sales. They just bring Uncle Ben closer to "if it becomes necessary" time. And ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... moderate pace in June and early July," offering reassurance to investors worried about a recent run of disappointing indicators. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, testifying for a second day to Congress, reiterated that the economy was slowing and the central ...

Much ado, no do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... thinking. By doing this, he has kept the market's faith alive. While enumerating a litany of disappointments over weakening indicators - growth, employment, household spending, manufacturing production, business investment, etc. - he made no mention ...