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Belabouring the labour market stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
Measurement and sampling ("rotation") issues suggest that the Australian labour market is definitely not strong as what the seasonally adjusted numbers indicate.

Four steps up, four steps down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
Is the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) just toying with monetary policy or what?

Sydney in top 10 financial centres

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
Sydney has joined the likes of London, New York and Hong Kong in the top 10 international financial centres.

Latest Power50 list unveiled

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
This year's most influential people in social media within the Australian financial services industry have been unveiled in the latest FS Power50.

Oil slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
Would the removal of OPEC's production ceiling also take away the floor from the price of oil? The equilibrium price of crude - or any commodity for that matter - after all, is driven by the fundamental law of supply and demand.

US Fed cleared for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
As fate or coincidence would have it, 16 December marks the beginning and now the coming end of the US Federal Reserve's near zero interest rate policy - precisely seven years.

Did ECB under-deliver or markets over-expect?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
Just imagine a world where central bank actions are dictated by their whims and tantrums and not the other way around.

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
Did I just type stupid? Oh yeah, the same ones who day in day out, month in month out, quarter in quarter out, warn about the coming Australian recession.

ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
The S&P/ASX 200 index started the day strong and finished stronger - up 1.9% from its 30 November close. So did the All Ordinaries index - up 1.8%.

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
China may well let "market forces" dictate the yuan's exchange rate... but only if it's consistent with the Politburo's diktat.