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Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... inflation doesn't rise above 2.5%. There was additional good news at this month's meeting. The Fed lowered its 2013 unemployment rate forecast range to 7.3%-7.5% from 7.4%-7.7% previously. Hip, hip...the jobless rate is trending down but not yet at that ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... and the trend stats' up by 0.14%. And this time, no one can blame jobseekers giving up jobsearching for the unemployment rate steadying at 5.4% -- actually, the jobless rate was lower in February 5.37% against January's 5.40% -- for the participation ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... billion QE2 on 30 June of that year. Today there's Fed QE infinity. No use by date. It will stay there until the unemployment rate remains above 6.5% (now at 7.7%) and inflation is no more than 2.5% (headline CPI now at 1.6%). In 2012, it was renewed ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... month. This was more than the predicted 171,000 gain and showed hiring widening across industry sectors. The unemployment rate dropped to 7.7% from 7.9% in January. Average early earnings continue to climb and the average workweek also increased - a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... to begin the week higher, following gains on US and European markets due to encouraging US jobs data. The US unemployment rate fell to 7.7 per cent, data released on Friday showed. At 0759 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... world. " He said the consequences would be felt across the economy. "People will lose their jobs," he said. "The unemployment rate might tick up again." -CNBC "...if it stays in effect for the rest of the calendar year." The CBO estimates that it could ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... and Taiwan just reported better than forecasts December quarter GDP growth and Singapore posting the lowest unemployment rate in five years. There are positive signs in Japan too. Retail sales came in higher than predicted in December and soon - with ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... the program in the first quarter of 2014". Balance sheet expansion be damned...and it would be so until the unemployment rate falls back to around 6.5% -- it remained at 7.8% last month - in spite of growing worries among some FOMC officials. There's ...

Non-mining sectors must pick up the growth mantle

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... 2013, but unemployment will rise and the Australian dollar will fall below parity in the second half, while the unemployment rate will head towards 6% by mid year," Eslake predicted. UBS Investment Bank chief economist Scott Haslem agreed this transition ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... Australian employment report. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported yesterday that the country's unemployment rate rose to 5.4% in last month from 5.3% in November and that local businesses shed 5,500 jobs December. I've always maintained ...

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Praemium's new leadership toughens earnings yardstick

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Praemium's new leadership will be keeping a close eye on costs, with new chief executive Denis Orrock noting he will make sure the technology upgrade underway translates into stronger earnings and better returns for shareholders.

Australian Ethical FUM drops by $70m

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Perennial expands wholesale offer for pre-IPOs

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Macquarie wealth investment chief to depart

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Macquarie chief investment officer for wealth will take on a new role at a New Zealand-based investment management firm after serving in the position for close to three years.

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