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A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... Janet Yellen declared in her first-ever testimony that "a notable change in the outlook" for the economy and the labour market would prompt the Fed to slow the pace of asset purchases.... and in case of real trouble, maybe even increase purchases again. ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... (from 7.1%), the lead from the January claimant count unemployment indicates that the trend improvement in the UK labour market remains intact. Claimant count unemployment dropped by 34,600 in January, marking the 20th consecutive month that this measure ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... essentially meeting expectations and suggesting a continuation of the trend of slow but steady improvement in the labour market. Locally, in economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases February's overseas arrivals and ...

Considerable time to eliminate considerable slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... order of around six months or that type of thing". Not last night. Janet talked about "considerable slack" in the labour market when she spoke before the national conference on community reinvestment in Chicago and that, "The scars from the Great Recession ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... US employment report this week. This would be the first "clean" read (not weather-distorted) of the state of the labour market and speculations are it would be show improvement given the positive lead from weekly jobless claims.

Bubbling bubble?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... again, fresher data provided no fresh direction too. US jobless claims fell by more than expected - good news on the labour market - but pending home sales dropped when they were expected to rise (US taper affecting bond yields, affecting mortgage rates ...

A tall tale of a good story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... the sunshine created by the wealth effect by the record run on Wall Street and climbing house prices and improving labour market. And then, of course, there's the weather. Just think of the pent up demand that would be unleashed when the snow melts.

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... building approvals, NAB business conditions survey, house prices - reported recently points to improvement in the labour market sometime probably by the second half of this year. Tony and Joey might not have to blame the boogie after all. Well, that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... average for 2013. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose after a strong Wall Street rally sparked by upbeat figures on the US labour market ahead of the release of crucial jobs data. Tokyo climbed 2.17 per cent, or 307.29 points, to 14,462.41, Sydney closed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street ahead of a much-watched US labour market report and amid mixed trade and labour data. At 0901 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 37 ...