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Bending it like Bernanke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... than two months? I think this is just the Fed justifying its decision to pander to the markets' whims. Sure the labour market appears to be weakening, but the overall numbers of the past few months were distorted by the hiring and firing of temporary ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... recession. But if most guesses are right and it ended in June 2009, then we can expect continued weakness in the labour market till September (15 months) or January (19 months). Like the 1990 and 2001 recessions, jobs will follow continued growth. And ...

Squared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... 450,000 mark they've been on since the start of the year. Taking it further, this confirms the slow progress on the US labour market. But... yes, but! It also means that it's not deteriorating. You have to hand it to the financial press. They're able ...

Which way USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... bought. What if they're not? The effects of the fiscal stimulus measures are waning, tax incentives have expired, the labour market remains weak and the US consumer is bracing for tax increases. All valid reasons to expect growth is headed lower in the ...

Unusually certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... than expectations for a gain to 450,000. The four-week average of initial claims increased by 1,250 to 456,000. Labour market outlook is still uncertain. But it sure is not worsening from its 2010 trend. No good news in US housing too. Existing home ...

Pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... US growth forecast to 3.0-3.5 per cent from their April forecast of 3.2-3.7 per cent. The Fed's forecasts for the labour market was little changed but inflation was revised lower to 1.0-1.1 per cent from 1.2-1.5 percent last April. I'll leave the Fed ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... versus expectations that they would drop to 460,000. Has this one number change the underlying outlook for the US labour market? The answer is contained in two letters - N and O. US employment is improving but jobs are not growing fast enough. This series ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... took heart from indications of a healthier eurozone banking sector and data suggesting an improvement in the US labour market. The London FTSE 100 index added 90.63 points, or 1.81 per cent to close at 5,105.45 points. FRANKFURT - In Germany, the DAX ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... week ended 5 June. This is higher than the expected fall to 450,000 claims and confirms that improvement in the US labour market remains painfully slow. What did Big Benny say about this? "The unemployment rate is still going to be high for a while ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... in May. Name me one rational individual brave enough to even think of buying a car in the face of a deteriorating labour market. It may be a bad month for US payrolls but the future is not all that bleak. Here, increases in the index of aggregate weekly ...

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