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Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... economy is growing (read, my QE is working) but still not enough to produce significant job creation and that "the unemployment rate probably will remain elevated for some time" (read, you still need my QE). This according to Big Ben, "If we're still ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... budget committee, said that the economic recovery appeared to have strengthened in the past few months but the unemployment rate remained high. "Stocks didn't show any meaningful reaction to Bernanke's comments, mostly because they didn't provide any ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... Street stocks gained ground on Friday to post their best weekly gains in two months, as a surprise fall in the unemployment rate to nine per cent from 9.4 per cent helped neutralise lower than expected jobs creation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... There were counter-arguments and arguments to counter-arguments. "Gloomy glums" argue that the sharp fall in the unemployment rate was only made possible because the labour force shrank by 504,000 to its lowest level since 1984. Workers are discouraged ...

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... non-farm payrolls report may disappoint expectations that 145,000 jobs were added in January - and a 9.5 per cent unemployment rate - but all these positive indications would eventually show up in this lagging indicator. But Big Ben doesn't want us to ...

Best house in the slums

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... previous months' gain and the largest increase in jobs since January. "Anyone who wants a job will get one." The unemployment rate dipped to 5.2 per cent from 5.4 per cent in October. Best of all, this was achieved despite the participation rate rising ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... Potter said. The release of official employment data at 1130 AEDT provided support to the market. Australia's unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 5.2 per cent in November, compared with an unrevised 5.4 per cent in October, the Australian Bureau ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... America added only 39,000 jobs in November -- well below market expectations for an addition of 145,000 - and the unemployment rate skipped a couple of notches to 9.8 per cent from 9.6 per cent in October. But have no fear, the Fed is here. Cyberspace ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... Fed's price stability objective might no longer be a compelling policy rationale. In such a case--even with the unemployment rate still high--the FOMC would have cause to consider the path of policy." But despite all the critiques and recriminations ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... walking on a tightrope. Keep interest rates steady and it risk unleashing inflationary expectations. Australia's unemployment rate - at 5.1 per cent - is about half the rate of joblessness in the United States and Europe and is back to its lowest level ...