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TSCGEMU

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... will hold a summit next Monday devoted to putting forward a growth strategy. But it will be largely about pledging labour market reforms, shifting taxation from labour to consumption and better targeting existing and unspent EU funds, with no new public ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... experiencing another big mid-year correction this time around. The big one of course is the continued improvement in the labour market. The US jobless rate averaged 9.6% in 2010 and 9.0% last year. It's been steadily dropping since September 2011 and ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... few months, the jobs writing was already splattered all over the wall - it is a lagging indicator after all. The labour market eventually strengthened despite fears of a jobless recovery following the 1990/91 recession. Ditto with the recession of 2001 ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... a bigger-than-expected 367K in the week ended 28 January. Both reports point to continued improvement in the US labour market. But the actual result could still disappoint. Then there'll be hell to pay. That is, if you look at how financial markets would ...

Nikkei not nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... going forward as Mr. and Mrs. Watanabe defer immediate consumption in anticipation of lower prices later. Worsening labour market conditions also point to softer retail spending in the months to come. Japan's unemployment rate increase to 4.6% in December ...

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... also present a strong hurdle for Australian equities to overcome. Not least of which is the softening Australian labour market and the attendant weakness in retail spending. How soft? The Age's website printed how soft. "AUSTRALIA'S unemployment rate ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... on top of the 7,500 positions that disappeared in the previous month - making 2011 the worst year in the domestic labour market since 1992. The unemployment rate steadied at 5.2% but this resulted largely from the 0.3% decline in the participation rate ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... 10.4% in October after gaining 4.6% in the previous month. And this pickup in economic activity is showing up in the labour market. Oh yes, yes, you've probably read somewhere that the sharp decline in the US jobless rate to 8.6% in November from 9.2% ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... greater than "mild" recession. Oh-em-gee! China could be in for a hard landing. Oh-em-gee, improvement in the US labour market remains painfully slow. Yeah right. Tell someone who cares! No one seemed to care about these negatives last night. They're ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... than expectations to 388K with the 4-week moving average also down below 400K to 396,750. Improving news on the labour market. Not so good news but still positive. The Philly Fed index eased to 3.6 in November from 7.5 in the previous month indicating ...