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Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... be another slashing of Spain's rating down the track considering the parlous state of its economy. The country's unemployment rate jumped from 22.9% in the December quarter from 24.4% in the first quarter - that's depression level unemployment don't ...

There's the good news and there's the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... Confidence Drops to Lowest in Two Years Italy's Borrowing Costs Rise at Auction of 8.5 Billion-Euros of Bills France Unemployment Near 10% Cameron Braces for U.K. Confidence Shock on Recession Return And here's another from forexpros.com, "Chicago Fed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... levels until at least 2014 and forecast the world's biggest economy would grow more than first thought this year while unemployment would continue to fall. US new jobless claims figures Thursday were little changed, suggesting that the labour market ...

Wow on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... saw that it was good. It raised its 2012 GDP growth outlook to 2.4%-2.9% from 2.2%-2.7% previously. It reduced its unemployment rate forecasts to 7.8%-8.0% from 8.2%-8.5%. It predicts inflation to remain within its target, with prices to rise by 1.9%-2.0% ...

It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... March - less than expectations for a 10.7 print. What's buried in the headlines though is that at current levels, unemployment claims remain below the 400K mark - you know the one, the level at which the unemployment rate rises or falls - or that at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... 14.1 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 4,441.3 points. NEW YORK - US stock markets were modestly lower Thursday, with US unemployment data and a successful Spanish debt sale giving little direction to trade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 68.65 ...

Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... month. The good news is that these levels remain below the 400K economists assume to be the break-even point for unemployment. That is, claims higher than 400K portend a rise in the unemployment rate and vice-versa. If this becomes the start of the new ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... KONG - Asian markets slipped as soft Chinese trade data added to an already sombre mood after last week's poor US unemployment figures. The Bank of Japan's decision not to unveil any fresh stimulus measures also depressed sentiment on Tuesday and pushed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... KONG - Asian markets slipped as soft Chinese trade data added to an already sombre mood after last week's poor US unemployment figures. The Bank of Japan's decision not to unveil any fresh stimulus measures also depressed sentiment on Tuesday and pushed ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... this is the start of a weakening trend. Here, the declining trend in jobless claims suggests otherwise. Claims for unemployment insurance have been heading south for nearly a year now. Likewise, this goes against what previous better-than-expected US ...