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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... Department of Labor employment report, which showed the US economy added a healthy 288,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate fell to 6.1 per cent from 6.3 per cent in May. LONDON - European stocks ended the week on a muted note as traders paused ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... employment increased by larger-than-expected 288K in June (that followed an upwardly revised 224K add in May) and the unemployment rate to a better-than-expected 6.1% from 6.3% in May - suggest that Uncle Sam's country could now grow unaided. Uh-oh ...

US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... longer-term inflation expectations remain well anchored." Recent readings from the Fed's two major policy indicators - the unemployment rate (6.3%) and inflation (headline at 2.1%, core at 2.0%) - appear to suggest that the time for higher interest rates ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... goal than many people appreciate... We're really pretty close to normal" - based on Jimmy's prediction that the US unemployment rate would fall below 6% and inflation would lift to near 2.0% by the end of this year. Ergo, "I've left mine at the end of ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... conference. The current Fed outlook: GDP growth at 2.1%-2.3% for 2014, down from 2.8%-3.0% predicted in March; the unemployment rate at 6.0% - 6.1% this year, down from 6.1%-6.3%; inflation at 1.5%-1.7%, up from 1.5%-1.6%. However, Fed officials raised ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... September 18, 2013. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets were narrowly mixed as disappointing US retail sales and unemployment data failed to lift sentiment. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies edged up 0.06 per cent to 6,843.11 points, while Frankfurt's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... better than expected jobs data also had little impact on the market, reflecting the subdued investor sentiment. The unemployment rate was steady at 5.8% in May, as the total number of people with jobs fell 4,800 and the participation rate also slipped. ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... 0.5% and the asset purchase programme ceiling at A£375 billion. The only change Carney made was to delete the 7.0% unemployment rate threshold (at which previously the BOE said, it would start thinking about raising interest rates) and replaced it with ...

Indian optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... significant slowdown from the near-double digit growth rates in 2010-2011 and from 2005 to 2008. These, despite the unemployment rate at a high 9.9% (2012), its budget deficit predicted to reach 5.2% of GDP this year by The Economist magazine - from ...

Waiting for the ECB to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
Push has now come to shove. Yes Virginia, freshly-released data on the state of inflation and unemployment may have just done it - that is, remove whatever doubts linger that Super Mario's coming back to save the eurozone. The European Central Bank ...

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Renato Mota takes on new board position

ELIZA BAVIN
Renato Mota has joined the board of a $14 billion super fund along with another financial services stalwart.

Aegon AM gears up to take on local bond managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR
Aegon Asset Management is close to launching its first Australian fund, months after the US$446 billion manager unveiled plans to enter the tightly contested local bond market.

MLC slips global shares into neutral, hits gas on alternatives

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
MLC has pulled its global and emerging-market equity positions back to neutral, while continuing to deploy capital into alternatives.

North Americans bargain hunt Down Under: Report

KARREN VERGARA
North Americans' merger and acquisition (M&A) appetite for Australian companies will only intensify in 2027 as they chase undervalued assets, according to a new report.

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