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Help wanted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Generally job ads lead gains in employment by three-months. But this relationship appears to have broken down since the start of 2016.

Christmas not spent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
December's decline in consumer sentiment is worse than market expectations for a 0.3% pick-up, but that's for those who didn't pay enough attention.

J.P. Morgan bullish on several asset classes

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Global economic growth will struggle to break out of its current rate unless 2017 sees a meaningful lift in productivity growth, according to J.P. Morgan chief economist Sally Auld.

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
It'll be four long tough years if POTUS remains true to his word to "Buy American and Hire American".

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
If you want to understand the US and global economies and where they're going, you've got to think outside the box because sometimes the most obvious realities are the hardest to see.

Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Investors who try and predict macroeconomics as a source of alpha rather than focusing on long term trends will suffer in the long term.

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
The Bank of Japan, the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England all met and kept monetary policy settings unchanged this week, all three expect better growth ahead.

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Growth and inflation in the Eurozone economy continue to head in the right direction.

A bump up in credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Total private sector credit increased by 0.7% in the month of December - the fastest monthly growth rate since September 2015 -- accelerating from November's 0.5% gain and beating market expectations.

Five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Australian business confidence surges in December but confidence is unmoved.