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Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... three years. The ADP report showed that private sector jobs rose by a less than expected 133,000 in May. Weekly jobless claims increased by 10 grand last week. The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago index fell to 52.7 in May - the lowest since September ...

Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... jobs number will come in better than expected have the latest unemployment claims report to back them up. Initial jobless claims fell to 365,000 in the week ended 28 April - the lowest in a month - from 392,000 in the week prior and against expectations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... earnings reports that included a big disappointment from oil giant ExxonMobil. Strong US housing data, mediocre jobless claims figures and mixed earnings, spelt a choppy day of trade that ended with the Dow Jones Industrial Average posting triple-digit ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... still elevated and conditions remain fragile. US retail sales and the leading index rose by more than expected but jobless claims, industrial production, the Empire State and Philly Fed indexes and housing disappointed. Microsoft, General Electric, Bank ...

It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... chance that Spain will end up doing so, and 13 per cent for Italy." US reports out overnight also say "it's a dive." Jobless claims in the week ended last week came in higher than expectations to 386K and worse, the previous week's figure was revised ...

Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... the jobs front. Yes Virginia, the same one that sent many scampering for the exits at the beginning of this week. Jobless claims rose by a bigger-than-expected 13,000 to 380K in the week ended 7 April - the highest level since late January -- and the ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... the employment line before we can judge that 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 ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... employment, consumer credit, retail sales, auto sales, etcetera, etcetera. And we got another one last night. While US jobless claims fell by less than what markets' expected, the 359K reading was the lowest level since April 2008. A strengthening labour ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... fifth straight and more than expectations for a 0.1% gain - after a 0.2% increase in the previous month. Similarly, jobless claims continued to decline, dropping to 348K in the week ended 17 March - the least since February 2008 and less than the 354K ...

Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... summit reached on 9 October 2007. The good news: The US labour market is not only improving, it's gaining momentum. Jobless claims fell by a more than expected 14K in the week ending 9 March to a four-year low of 351K. The less volatile four-week moving ...