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It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... fastest rate since August last year -- up from 1.9% in the previous month. The latest jobs report was so solid, so strong, soA damn good that yields on 10-year US Treasuries jumped 13 basis points to 2.0% (rounded) on the day after dropping to a 19-month ...

Labor considers ban on insurance commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
The Labor Party will consider introducing a ban on life insurance adviser commissions into its policy platform in response to last week's damning report on life risk advice from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Speaking at ...

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... September that year. And why shouldn't most? The Fed gave all and sundry the impression that frankly, my dear, it doesn't give a damn to what happens with the rest of the world. Here's what Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart said about it. "You have ...

SG frozen till 2021, industry 'dismayed'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... Mathias Cormann said the measure would save the budget around $50 billion over the next decade. Hockey described it as "a damn good deal for the Australian people." While the SG will be frozen for seven years, it will then rise in yearly 0.5% increments ...

CBA boss to be grilled on Senate report

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) boss Ian Narev will front the media for the first time since a damning report called for a royal commission to investigate its financial advisers. Narev will face a media conference in Sydney at 1045 AEST on Thursday, a week ...

A$ rising on China slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... barriers for private investment, targeted spending on subways, aircleaning and public housing, and guiding lending rates lower." Damn, don't you just hate it when "others" believe certain people's statement more than yours (read, mine)? Hate it! Hate ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... reaches maximum employment that's why the threshold was set at 6.5% instead of 5.2%-5.8%. Did I just hear Janet scream, "oh damn I forgot about all that!"? But never you mind dear Jan, there's an escape clause, "Neither the unemployment rate threshold ...

Another 10 bil to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... from Big Ben back then - he was a no-show - but the rhetoric from two regional Fed pres says it all, the Fed doesn't give a damn (as in, it won't give a dime). Here's what Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart said about the emerging market rout then ...

China's still going but will it go slow-er?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013

Withdrawal anxiety

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013