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Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... become especially important because they're the last ones we'll see before the mom of all stats - the US non-farm payrolls report - is released tonight. The one that'll set the tone for financial markets over the next four weeks, at least. It could give ...

Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... unemployment rate and vice-versa. If this becomes the start of the new trend, it would give credence to the softer March payrolls report released last week. And this, too, is good news. This is because it'll set the good ship QE3 sailing. Remember, what ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Uh-oh. Here's looking at you kid, and kid you're not looking good. A weaker-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report released during the Easter break punctuated a week of not so good news for the equity markets, re-igniting the uncertainty over America's ...

QE going, going ...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... Greece was in the midst of negotiating its bailout in early March. Having said that Friday night's US non-farm payrolls report for March would set the near-term direction for equity markets. But I'm still buying what you're selling. For up, or down or ...

Good memories

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... the labour market, and thus, the economy, is 'improving'. This is a welcome indication for the official non-farm payrolls report when it's released on Friday night. Markets expect the report to show that total payrolls increased by 210K in Feb and for ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... course all its lesser cousins around the world - waiting on the "mother of all economic statistics, the US Non-farm Payrolls Report. There weren't a lot of shaking that went on in the Street while we slept - the Dow was down less than 0.1% and the S&P ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... discouraged from looking for work because they can't find one anyway - but the underlying indications from the non-farm payrolls report remains positive. Total employment increased by 120K in November. Sure, this was lower than expectations for a 130K ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... noticed that there's now only a very few who puts US and recession in the same sentence? Even tomorrow's US non-farm payrolls report for November is expected to come in good -- jobs are expected to have increased by 122,000 after October's 80,000 gain. ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... Waiting for whatever blah the G-20 Summit in Cannes would cobble together. Waiting for tomorrow night's US non-farm payrolls report for October. Waiting for Greece's referendum. It's them that will determine how the next few days, weeks and the rest ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... rates decision here (in Australia) tomorrow, the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting and the non-farm payrolls report (in the US) later in the week. "With a five per cent run-up last week and a fairly flat lead coming from Wall Street, maybe ...