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Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... monetary policy stance to neutral! OK, you may kick yourselves now. But...but. But what? But leading indicators of the labour market earlier this year were all pointing to massive job shedding to come? This time they've stopped getting worse and so have ...

Higher...higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... think, it's a premature call but this is another story. Look at what we've got. Despite worries about the Australian labour market, the unemployment rate has risen to only 5.8 per cent as at June. It is likely that this could still rise but not as much ...

Christmas in July

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... plucking any number out of thin air, do they? Certainly, they have factored in variables like the weakness in the labour market, soft consumer spending, price discounting, interest rates, credit availability, offshore demand, etc.? And what about economic ...

Lost decade redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... reading is the highest in more than five years. Consequently, wages have been falling for nearly a year. A faltering labour market - and falling wages - does not augur well for consumer spending. Although the rate of decline appears to be slowing, Japanese ...

No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... day-to-day movement and month-by-month data and risk losing track of the bigger picture. And that is, the trend in the US labour market is stabilising if not yet improving. For all we know, the NBER would belatedly date the recession over last month ...

No protection in protectionism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... September 2008. Continuing claims for unemployment insurance fell the most since November 2001 - a positive for labour market prospects. Greener shoots. Standard & Poor's reaffirmed America's AAA sovereign credit rating. Ten of the US's big banks repaid ...

Blame the banks for the crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... worse by the fact hat 7 per cent believe that even though the worst of the mass job redundancies might be over, labour market conditions are still dire. Datamonitor said that the triple whammy of increased social welfare expenditure, reduced income tax ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... economic data and news that General Motors planned a major cut in the number of its dealers, which could add to the labour market's woes. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average gave up early gains and fell 62.68 points (0.75 per cent) to end at 8,268.64. ...

Lies, damned lies and statistics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... surely in good stead and the equity market has every right to continue marching towards daylight. Because the April labour market numbers do not fit with the consensus view do not make it wrong.

The good in the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... and that the government stimuli are beginning to work. Where consumers go, the US economy goes. Although the weak labour market, depressed house prices and tighter lending standards could still hinder an all-out shopping extravaganza, improving confidence ...

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Praemium's new leadership toughens earnings yardstick

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Praemium's new leadership will be keeping a close eye on costs, with new chief executive Denis Orrock noting he will make sure the technology upgrade underway translates into stronger earnings and better returns for shareholders.

Australian Ethical FUM drops by $70m

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Perennial expands wholesale offer for pre-IPOs

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Macquarie wealth investment chief to depart

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Macquarie chief investment officer for wealth will take on a new role at a New Zealand-based investment management firm after serving in the position for close to three years.

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