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Missing the forest for the trees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... threatening -- Yeah sure, why not/ Time to bail! Fear was in the air only because consensus didn't get what consensus wanted. The ADP private sector payrolls came in less than expected - never you mind that it still showed decent growth in March and ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... And this, all because a significant number data points - all two of 'em -- disappointed market expectations. There was the ADP Research Institute payrolls report that showed only 158,000 private sector jobs were created in March - no good for a market ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... the Dow hitting an all-time high the previous day. The index extended its gains on Wednesday after data from payrolls firm ADP showed the private sector piled on 198,000 jobs last month, better than the average of the past six months. WELLINGTON - The ...

Something's gotta give

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... territory. Or that it'll be rationalised away as a distortion caused by Sandy the same way that the superstorm is blamed for the ADP private payrolls number missed market forecasts last month. US private sector jobs rose by 118,000 heads in November ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... last month to their highest level since February 2008. Not only these, jobless claims came in better than expected and the ADP private payrolls showed that last month, US employers added the most workers since February. While bad news continues to hound ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... the previous month - the biggest jump in six months. There was better-than-expected news on the US labour market too with ADP reporting a 162,000 increase in private sector employment last month. In case you're thinking what I think you're thinking and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... Management's services industry PMI showed the crucial sector picking up pace, though hiring remained flat. Payrolls company ADP's private sector hiring report was better than expected, though at 162,000 jobs in September was still down by 14 per cent ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... an annualised rate of 1.9% from 2.2% previously. Corporate profits grew at their slowest pace in more than three years. The ADP report showed that private sector jobs rose by a less than expected 133,000 in May. Weekly jobless claims increased by 10 ...

Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... the index dropped to 54.2 -- the weakest reading this year -- from 56.7 in March and put a question mark over yesterday's ADP private payrolls report showing that services accounted for most of the growth in private sector jobs created in April. Yes ...

Mexican standoff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012