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Chief economist update: That other Fed policy towards normalcy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
Latest data updates indicate that the US economic juggernaut continues to power on. The ISM non-manufacturing index shot up from 58.5 in August to a higher than expected 61.6 in September - its highest level on record. In addition, the ADP private sector ...

Retail super funds in hot water: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... superannuation law was breached. The closing submission on misconduct in the superannuation industry, which was released on Friday night, showed the wrongdoings of retail super funds were dominant in the 223-page document. Counsel assisting Michael Hodge ...

AFA Adviser, Practice of the Year winners named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... Fraser of Shadforth Financial Group is the 2017 Association of Financial Advisers' Adviser of the Year. Crowned on Friday night at a gala dinner to celebrate the close of this year's AFA National Adviser Conference, private client adviser Fraser was ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... US Federal Reserve is sure to announce its first interest rate hike this year and the third in the current cycle. Friday night's much stronger than expected US non-farm payrolls for February, that followed the reported upwards trend in the Fed's favoured ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... payrolls would have economists trimming their forecasts for the official US employment report for September due out Friday night (consensus expectations are for a 170K increase). The ADP private payrolls survey showed employment rose by 154K in September ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... previous month, expectations over the next six months improved to 84.7 from 79.9 in February. Indications ahead of Friday night's US non-farm payrolls report are mixed with 25.4% of respondents reporting jobs "plentiful" in March (up from 22.8 in February) ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... 1.5% in 2013- 2014 to about 1.3% this year. It eased to 1.2% in the year to July from 1.3% in the previous month. Friday night brings that equally important Non-farm payrolls report. Markets expect employment to grow by 203,000 in August and the unemployment ...

Shares rise after four-days of losses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... million shares overnight on Thursday. The next big market event is US non-farm payroll employment numbers due out on Friday night, Australian time.

You can forget June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... financial markets -- still would want to know what the lady who sits in the chair has to say. She'll let us know Friday night.

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... only brings us back to that 64 million dollar bond market question. Very near-term, it could get ugly especially if Friday night's US non-farm payrolls report comes in stronger than market expectations for it would spark another bout of "lift-off tantrum". ...
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