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Labour market says go, inflation says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... economy). Then again, forward looking indicators shows that the jury's still on their coffee break. Job expectations among Americans have been improving with 21.9% of respondents - the highest in 91 months - seeing "jobs plentiful" in August while an ...

US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
While US federal and state governments explore ways to boost private savings among Americans and introduce fiduciary standards for advisers, a major association has said a more important step is introducing financial literacy training into school curriculum. ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... then perhaps, I have to attach "WR" to my surname (Ong) one more time for as we saw last week, retail spending among Americans decreased by 0.6% in February that followed a 0.8% decline in January that followed a 0.9% drop in December. These despite ...

Say when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... important progress toward the FOMC's objective of maximum employment." No. "However, despite this improvement, too many Americans remain unemployed or underemployed, wage growth is still sluggish, and inflation remains well below our longer-run objective." ...

Push to end US Congressional pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Claims that US politicians are out of touch with ordinary Americans have led a group of conservative Republicans to sponsor a bill to end Congressional pensions and force politicians to save for their own retirement just like everyone else. The legislation ...

MetLife US proactive lobbying lesson for Aust

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... consumers and could force Fed-regulated insurance companies to abandon key products, reducing their ability to help Americans manage their economic security," MetLife said. While MetLife said it fully endorses prudent regulation of the life insurance ...

Are we there now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... participation rate was unchanged at 62.8 - a 35-year low - improving labour market conditions should encourage more Americans to start looking. The latest US jobs report may well be the start of a stronger virtuous cycle of greater job creation, higher ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... weapons sales, and restrict the sale of sensitive technology, in particular in the energy industry. US sanctions ban Americans or people in US jurisdictions from any new medium- or long-term financing transactions with VTB Bank, its subsidiary Bank of ...

Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
WOW! Seen the latest ADP private payrolls number last night? The report showed 281,000 Americans found jobs in the private sector in June. This is the biggest monthly addition since the 293K added back in November 2012 and... it beat even the most optimistic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... its extraordinary measures until the jobless rate fell a lot more. "The recovery still feels like a recession to many Americans, and it also looks that way in some economic statistics," she said. in which she underlined that unemployment was still a ...