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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... retailers. The retail numbers add to a growing set of indicators, including steady drops in the number of applications for unemployment, that suggest the US is far from the second recession economists had begun to fear in August. Markets in Europe also ...

Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... moving average of jobless claims continued to fall below the 400K - regarded as the number that makes a dent on the unemployment rate - to 394,250. So there, when you look beyond the headlines - it's not all that lonely is it? "Dum dum dum, dumdy doo ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... right stormed to its biggest election victory ever on Sunday, winning over voters desperate for an end to soaring unemployment and the eurozone debt storm. A rise in the borrowing rate on French debt bonds and possibly slowing growth could meanwhile ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... than the pre-GFC boom. An early Merry Christmas to you too! What about jobs? US job creation remains slow and the unemployment rate is still stuck at 9% as at October. If I told you once, I told you a hundred thousand times. Employment is a lagging indicator ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... the ASX 200 gained. Mr Shamu said the focus upon Italy had completely overshadowed slightly-better-than-expected unemployment figures. Australia's unemployment rate fell to 5.2 per cent in October, according to official figures. Mr Shamu said that although ...

Age Pension must be factored into retirement income

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... forecast to rise to 3.9% of GDP. "When you look at all government spending on individuals, including disability support, unemployment benefits, family tax benefits and child care benefits as well as the age pension, the current cost to government is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... fresh eurozone debt turmoil. A mixed US jobs report offered some small signs of improvement, but reminded that high unemployment was well-entrenched in the slowly growing economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 61.23 points (0.51 per cent) ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... it's not. "Nonetheless, recent indicators point to continuing weakness in overall labor market conditions, and the unemployment rate remains elevated." The Fed also lowered its growth outlook for 2012 to 2.5%-2.9% (from June's forecast of 3.3%-3.7%) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... Australian market looks set to open higher, following the positive lead of the Dow Jones overnight despite no sign US unemployment was letting up nor America's growth picking up substantially. At 0620 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index ...

Another 'should have gone shopping' moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... considering that it's in line with market expectations, it's not strong enough to significantly dent America's high unemployment rate and, it remains subject to another two revisions. But, yes, there's a but. But US economic growth is now heading in ...