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Weekend worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... advertised by US companies increased to their highest level in three years is a positive indication for America's labour market prospects. Next stop, the US trade deficit narrowed by 4% to US$43.1 bil in September from US$44.9 bil in the previous month ...

Value has its risks in emerging markets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... of the public sector banks. Inflation is almost 7% and rising. Although driven by food and fuel, Brazil's tight labour market suggests inflation could become entrenched as workers demand higher wages." Dennis Mothoneos, managing director of Clearway ...

Another 'should have gone shopping' moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... spending jumped by 2.4% from 0.7% in the second quarter. No, that couldn't be? Not when confidence is down and the labour market remains soft. Not when the unemployment rate's stuck at 9.1%. Well yes, but has anyone noticed that non-farm payrolls growth ...

Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... payrolls. Even better, revisions to July and August numbers added an extra 99,000 staff. This somethin' good in the labour market is producing somethin' good in consumer spending. Retail sales have been strengthening since the end of the second quarter ...

Credit Suisse: Aus second highest average wealth in the world

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... partly attributes this even distribution to Australia's progressive tax rate and differences in the two countries' labour market. "The US labour market is such that you can quite easily have quite a few unemployed very quickly as they do right now," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... Economic data from around the world was mixed on Thursday, but reflected softness in manufacturing and in the US labour market. In the United States, the Institute for Supply Management put the reading for its monthly manufacturing survey at 50.6 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... had been driving growth during the past 18 months of debt crisis turmoil. One of the main concerns is that as the labour market fails to heal, consumer spending will remain poor, weighing on growth in coming quarters. That trend was evident in the earnings ...

Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... But what has materially changed between three weeks ago and last night? If at all, there was better news on the US labour market. And get this... commodity prices have been on the skids too. Take the price of oil, for instance. Crude oil prices have ...

Ready to turn on the tap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... 16 months - from 41,000 in the previous month makes it even harder to be confident about the prospects for the US labour market. Hang on did I say Wall Street was up 'despite' more indications that the US is headong for another recession? Pardon moi ...

Cry of the banshee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... recent indications that US economic activity is rebounding suggest a corresponding improvement in the outlook for the labour market.. Likewise, it indicates subdued labour costs for US companies, a factor that would see continued improvement in second ...