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The fat lady in concert on Sunday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... wait. And by George, thank goodness that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) decided to publish the US Non-farm payrolls report a day early so our yankee doodle brethren can celebrate their Independence Day holiday in peace. Now we've got something ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... 650 Parliamentary seats - at the 7 May elections. Good news from the "mother of all eco stats" - the US non-farm payrolls report - it was a "goldilocks" one, not too hot, not too cold. Employment increased by 223K in April and the unemployment rate dipped ...

Next stop: US payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps, markets are just battening down the hatches in case tonight's US non-farm payrolls report springs a nasty surprise. "Tomorrow's report would have to be a monster month for us to believe June is back on the table." ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... million dollar bond market question. Very near-term, it could get ugly especially if Friday night's US non-farm payrolls report comes in stronger than market expectations for it would spark another bout of "lift-off tantrum". A bit longer-term, an ugly ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... nooo..." - Justin Bieber "Baby, baby, baby oooh." Another month, another strong and better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report. US businesses added another 295K heads to their payroll (versus expectations for a 230K add) last month on top of solid ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... Virginia, I'm sure that you too are excited (and you can't hide it) seeing the latest instalment of the US non-farm payrolls report that showed most measures up. It was all up for the US labour market in January despite the fourth quarter's slower than ...

Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... interest rates. These could delay the Fed's much-speculated rates-lift off this year, more so given last week's US payrolls report that showed wages growing less than expected - an indication (and its effect on inflation) cited by Minneapolis Fed president ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... outing last Friday night in America - and she came bearing good tidings. Mother, of course, is the US non-farm payrolls report - considered "the mother of all economic statistics". US employment increased by 248K last month following a 180K pick up in ...

Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... indices even posted losses last night. Profit-taking? Perhaps. Awaiting confirmation from the official US Non-farm Payrolls Report? That could be too. But (there goes my buts again)... but sticking to the major data release of the night, you, me and ...

Mother doesn't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... it bad? Was it the weather? Was it not? We're talkin' about America's mother-of-all-eco-stats - the US non-farm payrolls report - released last week. Too bad we won't know for sure what the market's general consensus is coz geo-politics got in the way. ...