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Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... to put risk back on onto their portfolios. Fear, it seems, has left the building... or driven out by the strong US jobs numbers. The VIX index closed 10.6% down to a reading of 13.2 - and down on the day the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that non-farm ...

US Fed cleared for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... interest rate policy - precisely seven years. Reports put the odds of a lift-off rising to 80%. But after the strong US jobs numbers and overlayed with US Fed chief Janet Yelland's words to the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee a day prior that... ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... the same week that the IMF slashed 2015 and 2016 global growth projections and after the disappointing September US jobs numbers (and nothing to suggest that China's bouncing back), financial markets sang hallelujah. And why? And why is because as I've ...

FRBSF takes on Jackson Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... Jackson Hole or... does it? Think I'm gonna go with Janet on this one. More so given the weekend's disappointing US jobs numbers - while the unemployment rate eased to 6.1% in August from 6.2% in July, employment increased by only 142K (expectations ...

All that jazz, all nonsense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... Milwaukee-based RW Baird & Co., which oversees $110 billion, said in a phone interview." (Bloomberg) Double duh! If the US jobs numbers for June is as strong, as superlative as many were told it was when it hit the headlines last week, then wouldn't ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... of US companies beating earnings forecasts. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said expectations were for strong US jobs numbers out on Friday, which has translated into gains for Australian risk assets such as miners. BHP Billiton jumped 22 cents to $37.83 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
The Australian sharemarket has opened more than one per cent higher after strong US jobs numbers pushed American stocks to a record high and helped miners outperform the market. Official US Labor Department data showed the US economy added 165,000 jobs ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... markets closed mixed following another strong lead from Wall Street, where traders took heart from more upbeat US jobs numbers. The yen was flat after Japanese MPs gave final approval to the government's nominees to take the helm at the Bank of Japan ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... over Greece's future. European surveys indicated the economy slowing sharply across the board while the latest US jobs numbers showed no marked improvement in hiring, the key development needed to increase demand and get the economy moving again. In ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... flat, flat. And on the subject of flat, investors don't want to be caught flatfooted - just in case tonight's US jobs numbers come in better or worse than consensus expectations. No one could argue that this is prudent move. But if you, I and Irene are ...
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