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That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... Surely, this ain't so! The Fed knows it so do you, I and Irene. And by the by...I'm convince that the drop in the unemployment rate to 7.3% had been largely due to falling participation in the job market - down from around 66% back in 2007 to just 62.8% ...

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... pent-up demand." And with these comes improvement in the labour market. Based on the BOE's latest projections the unemployment rate would hit its threshold 12-18 months earlier than the third quarter of 2016 it predicted in August. "The committee's latest ...

Good, bad: all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... some - of the previous day. Good news became good news again! Perhaps it's bad news...which is good news. The unemployment rate ticked up to 7.3% in October from 7.2% in the previous month. And this time, the uptick is accompanied by a corresponding ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... currency to 1.1 per cent growth next year, down from the 1.2 per cent it forecast in May, and a 12.2 per cent unemployment rate, up from the previous 12.1 per cent. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases September ...

RBA and Melbourne Cup two-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... are that the official cash rate would remain at 2.5% because of latest indications - retail sales, housing, unemployment rate, AiG Performance of Manufacturing index - suggest the economy is gently recovering. Governor Glen would also attempt to jawbone ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... 20-million mark, after what analysts said was a stark "revising away" of a tourism-led summer breather. The key unemployment rate across the 17-country currency area hit a record 12.2 per cent in September, with about 19.5 million people classed as jobless ...

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... goodness? I'd like to think so...but not yet. Just take the delayed US non-farm payrolls released last week. The unemployment rate was good, it was heading in the right direction - down to 7.2% in September from 7.9% at the start of this year. But it ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... of England's (BOE) 'forward guidance' that it would keep interest rates at their current low levels until the unemployment rate falls to around 7% - which it does not expect until mid-2016 -- and prices remain stable. This is because while the unemployment ...

QE infinity anybody?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... unemployment to 6.5 percent as a sufficient reason to raise its target for the federal funds rate." Yup, it's the unemployment rate dropping to 6.5% but provided that this fall is not due to declines in the participation rate. Perhaps, if you and I and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... creation, generating a less-than-expected 148,000 jobs during the last month even though the data also showed the unemployment rate fell to 7.2 per cent from 7.3 per cent a month earlier. The euro closed at $US1.3773, up from $US1.3681 late in New York ...

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Perpetual asset management outflows hit $9.6bn

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