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Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... Spaniards loved him and elected him to the prime ministership because he promised not to raise taxes, not to cut unemployment benefits and not to reduce pensioners' welfare, "por el bien del pais". That was back in November. Not even a year later and ...

Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... earlier estimated. Ugliest, employment growth in the last four months is far below the 250K needed to bring down the unemployment rate - reason why the jobless rate remained at 8.2% in May and June from 8.1% in April. So here we go again folks -- another ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... cent) to 2,956.89. The Labor Department said the economy generated only a net 80,000 new jobs in June, leaving the unemployment rate at 8.2 per cent. LONDON - European stock markets fell on Friday as traders brushed off monetary stimulus measures in ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... and "labour market conditions also firmed a little, notwithstanding job shedding in some industries; the rate of unemployment remains low." We're done waiting for the carbon tax. It's among our midst here and now. Though, if I may add, we might again ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... palpitations all about? In spite of the negative headlines, US retail spending is holding up well and this is because unemployment (again despite the bad press) had been trending down - as at May, it was at 8.2%, down from 9.0% last year and 9.6% in ...

Fed twists again like it did last summer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... this month to the end of this year. And then they'll see. Talking heads blamed the Fed's lowered growth and raised unemployment forecasts for Wall Street's stumble. Seems like the denizens of Wall Street have caught the Greece disease - they want to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... Europe and on Wall Street slumped on the back of disappointing US jobs figures, slow US manufacturing growth, record unemployment rates in Europe and weak Chinese manufacturing data. Australia's market opened at a six-month low and bounced for just 10 ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... the 150,000 predicted by the experts. What's more, 49,000 jobs disappeared in March and April after revisions. The unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2% from 8.1%. OMG! Thus, it's hardly surprising that Wall Street behaved the way that it did. The Dow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... losses deepened after the Labour Department said on Friday the US economy only added 69,000 jobs in May, pushing the unemployment rate up to 8.2 per cent. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index closed down 1.14 per cent at 5,260.19 points, while in Frankfurt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... 12.44 points, to 2,372.23. Spain has moved into focus as it struggles with a banking crisis while battling record unemployment, a huge public deficit and a recession, raising concerns of a financial collapse. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 rose 6.94 points ...