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Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... moving average of claims fell 443,000 - the lowest level since two September's ago. This is a positive for the US labour market. It might still be too slow for Big O's and Big Ben's taste, but job creation is heading in the right direction. These three ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... expectations of 60,000. Last night's bigger-than-expected drop in jobless claims suggest continued improvement in labour market going forward. The weaker US dollar is having a positive impact in the US external account. The trade deficit narrowed to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... open firmer on Thursday, as US equities rebound in afternoon trade on signs of a slow improvement in the American labour market. On the ASX24 at 0615 AEDT, the December share price index contract was 25 points higher at 4,741 points. In economics news ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... explaining the 2 November rate hike, Glenn Stevens said, "The demand for labour has continued to firm. While the labour market is not as tight as in 2007 and 2008, some further strengthening would appear to be in prospect, judging by the trends in job ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... property foreclosures. I'll spare you the stats this time for there is really nothing new here. We know that the US labour market remains soft. One week's data point telling us that it is doesn't really make a great deal of difference. Anyway, we wouldn't ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... week ended 25 September. But at 453,000 claims have stabilised - not improving, not worsening - at best. The US labour market remains soft. And these, ladies and gents, lead us to the world's biggest economy in the world spoiling for war - trade war ...

Aussie equities get clean bill of health

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... property market could create headwinds for the banks at some point in the future. "As long as you have got a tight labour market and good income growth, that is supportive of the housing sector," he said, adding that a lot of mortgages in Australia are ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... for August would be released in a couple of days time? Certainly. But this is if you still don't believe that the labour market is a lagging indicator of the economy. The bottomline. While the underlying fundamentals continue to point to continued recovery ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... Wall Street had overreacted to the news, he said. "I think the Americans have overdone it... on the basis of those labour market figures," he said. "To make it comparable in Australian terms, it'd be less than if 1,000 people applied for unemployment ...

Fictional fact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... conflicting messages. For instance, try reconciling better-than-expected and rising company profitability with a weak labour market. Try reconciling the Fed's recent QE2 with Europe's severe fiscal austerity programs. Try reconciling the diverging growth ...

Editor's Choice

Australia's retirement system receives first A-grade

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:59AM
Australia's retirement system has finally received an A-grade rating in the annual Marsh CFA Institute Global Pension Index after stagnating at the B+ level for the last five years.

Brighter Super changes up investment, insurance fees

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:00PM
Not-for-profit fund Brighter Super has introduced numerous changes to its fees, decreasing investment fees while increasing insurance costs.

Channel Capital wins distribution mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:58AM
Channel Capital has been appointed by Coller EQT to distribute, promote and service investor support to the two secondaries strategies currently available in Australia.

Perpetual asset management outflows hit $9.6bn

VINNY VUCAGO  |   11:49AM
Perpetual's asset management business recorded $9.6 billion in net outflows during the September quarter, weighing on funds under management as its Corporate Trust Division reached a record $1.4 trillion in funds under administration.

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