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Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... public statements on the desired direction of the exchange rate" back in March this year. May's disappointing US employment numbers may have just given Uncle Sam another bullet to hit the RBA - or Donald Trump? - with... maybe. Whether our good uncle ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... to achieve in the near term." US Labor Market Conditions Index As if confirming the latest disappointing US employment numbers - up by 160K in April versus expectations for a 200K addition - the broader US Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) printed ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... the major labor force series will be included in the January 2014 release." We can blame this too if the US employment numbers don't go our way.

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... investors waiting on the sidelines deciding which way to jump. They can't risk being wrong-footed by the US employment numbers for June -- set for release Friday night (Aussie time). This, and the start of the US company reporting season, would set the ...

Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... slow (but steady) improvement in US jobs belies murmurs that the Fed is about to terminate QE2. The March US employment numbers are gold - or more accurately, goldilocks. They're strong enough to keep optimism and hopes for a more durable US economic ...

Still a two-way street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... (note I use "we" when I'm mistaken and "I" to gloat about how prescient I was) said last week that, "The US employment numbers could set the tone for financial markets over the next few days. By more if the report comes out with a big surprise." Well ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... one number when it's released tonight - all designed to rationalise whatever point of view one holds. The US employment numbers could set the tone for financial markets over the next few days -- by more if the report comes out with a big surprise.
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