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Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... comes on top of the downward adjustment (minus 9,000) in the August figure to 41,600. If this positive trend in the labour market persists, the BOE could be forced to tighten monetary policy settings earlier than the three years it suggested in previous ...

No news, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... Street. This, as per Bloomberg, highlights "labor-market gains that are shoring up consumer confidence". What the...? Labour market gains? Doesn't this imply another bout of Fed tapering speculation would again be upon us? Like I said, there's nothing ...

BUSSQ members happiest in Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... superannuants are with an employer-chosen fund. "The default fund still gets the lion's share of the new entrants to the labour market and those who change jobs, so it's critical for both industry and retail funds to own that space going forward," Helmes ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... that Fed taper speculations started. The day when the Fed head responded, "If we see continued improvement in the labour market and we are confident it is going to be sustained, then in the next few meetings we could look to do that" to Texas Republican ...

A prince, a princess or a frog?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... for the foreseeable future" because the current US unemployment rate "if anything, overstates the health of the labour market" and inflation remains low". Or will he risk the headlines putting their own spins to his words? And we know what headlines ...

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... for the foreseeable future" because the current US unemployment rate "if anything, overstates the health of the labour market" and inflation remains low. With these words, Money Messiah Ben not only stilled financial markets' nerves but sent them singing ...

Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... non-manufacturing index disappointed, at 52.2 in June, it remains at the expansion mark. But the clincher of course lies in the labour market reports - weekly jobless claims, ADP private payrolls and non-farm payrolls. All pointed to improvement. US ...

Is it safe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... show nothing has changed much in Uncle Sam's country - housing continues to improve, manufacturing is weak, the labour market is strengthening (but at turtle speed) and inflation is below the Fed's target. Is it safe? Ben Bernanke will ensure that it ...

Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... waited to get a better handle on whether it's gonna be taper on or taper off, after the latest update on the US labour market. But nah. While Wall Street rallied following the release of the US non-farm payrolls report for May, it hasn't settled anything ...

The death of QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... non-manufacturing index came in better than expected but factory orders disappointed. However, the more important labour market stat - the ADP private payrolls report - disappointed. This is encapsulated in the latest Fed's Beige Book survey that economic ...