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Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... non-negative number. But with falling consumer, business and investor confidence, weaker household spending due to high unemployment, reduced private sector and government spending and general weakness in their export markets, the risk of European growth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... official data showed on Thursday. WASHINGTON - US consumers paid more for a range of goods and services last month, and unemployment benefit applications jumped last week to the highest level in three months. LONDON - Police in London have arrested a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... to Congress late Thursday. The $447 billion package of taxes and new government spending is aimed at tackling high unemployment and weak economic growth. "The market is skeptical about how many jobs will actually be created after President Obama's speech ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... 0.68 per cent, or 17.15 points, to 2498.94. In Sydney, morning gains were cut back as dealers digested data showing unemployment rose for a second straight month in August, to 5.3 per cent from 5.1 per cent in July. And in Tokyo traders were looking ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... morning, but investors sold out of stocks after 1130 AEST, when the latest labour force report showed the nation's unemployment rate rose to a 10-month high of 5.3 per cent in August. Moreover, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed ...

Obama punts on US$300bn jobs package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... stimulus punt on the opening day of the 2011-12 NFL season shows how desperate things are becoming in the US, with unemployment stuck on 9%. Their long term average unemployment rate is only about 5% - the level where Australian unemployment is stuck. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... show 12,000 jobs were added to the economy in the month, the median of an AAP survey of 13 economists shows. The unemployment rate is expected to be five per cent. There is no major equities news expected. In Australia, the market on Wednesday gained ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... the US last week. The US Labor Department on Friday reported that employers added no net workers in August and the unemployment rate was unchanged, a sign that many were nervous the world's largest economy could be at risk of slipping into another recession. ...

IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... without jobs tax receipts go down and the debt will never be repaid anyway, unless you're in Australia with it's 5% unemployment rate that we somehow think is a national crisis. At least Lagarde isn't hiding which side of the argument she is on. "Support ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... expectations, but the gains faded and markets went into the red amid concern over Friday's data on US nonfarm payrolls and unemployment. Economic data from around the world was mixed on Thursday, but reflected softness in manufacturing and in the US ...