Facing a constrained federal budget, the Treasurer sees an opportunity to use private capital to advance Labor’s social welfare objectives.AUD -2.02% to 69.34 US centsIn New York: BHP -0.3% Rio -0.2% Atlassian -6.7%In Europe: Stoxx 50 +0.4% FTSE +1% CAC +0.9% DAX -0.2%Iron ore +0.5% to $US124.75 a tonneParsing the US jobs report: “Everything turned up roses in the latest swing at estimating US job market conditions.
“This leans to my rotation argument in that despite three months of evidence that layoffs have picked up, it continues to be the case that the job market is capable of absorbing this and in the context of ongoing churn.
“A reacceleration in the CPI in January, as I expect, would represent a vicious double whammy to the prevailing market hopes of a painless disinflation this year.”: “The relatively good news in the data is that hourly earnings rose only 0.3per cent, and the y/y rate dipped to 4.4per cent - the lowest since August - from an upwardly-revised 4.8per cent in December.