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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 ...

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 ...