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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... published Wednesday was, in fact, downbeat - inflation remained steady at 2.5 per cent, above the official target, while unemployment was stuck at 10 per cent, showing almost no improvement from 10.2 per cent a year earlier. The weakness in Europe is ...

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... to do is hand back their house keys, leaving the banks with the underwater asset. The worrying backdrop is that US unemployment since the early 1990s has normally been around 6%, meaning its current 9% level - albeit it's still better than the near 10% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... overnight as market sentiment took a turn for the worse. US economic data out Thursday night (AEST) showed US claims for unemployment insurance rose 5,000 to 417,000 in the week ended August 20. Mr Speizer said expectations are starting to wane that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... the US Labour Department reported that the country's economy generated 117,000 jobs in July and cut the official US unemployment rate down a notch to 9.1 per cent. Economists had forecast only a net 84,000 jobs generated. The mildly positive surprise ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... level of stress and still meet its financial obligation. Such a scenario could include GDP declines of up to 50%, unemployment levels of up to 20%, and stock market declines of up to 70%." You should start to worry if you believe in your heart of hearts ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... countries' borrowing costs surged in recent days. Meanwhile, the US Labor Department reported that weekly claims for unemployment benefits remained at a high 400,000 last week, with business and government layoffs persisting while new job creation remained ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... countries such as Italy could now be threatened. Meanwhile, the US Labour Department reported that weekly claims for unemployment benefits remained at a high of 400,000 last week, raising fears of a double-dip recession. ANZ Banking Group senior markets ...

Ready to turn on the tap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... recent elevated levels and if the economy continues to underperform." Sluggish growth, falling share prices, high unemployment, inflation slowing "from recent elevated levels" and fiscal uncertainty all points toward another Fed stimulus - if not outright ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... suprisingly positive report on the US job market, but then fell back. The US Labor Department said new claims for unemployment benefits fell to 398,000 last week, their lowest level in nearly four months and the first time they had fallen below 400,000 ...

Other play factors

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... lowered - yes, lowered - interest rates by 25 bps in October and by a full 100 bps in November? And yes, even with the unemployment rate running at only 4.3%, 4.4% and 4.5% during these months. Where were you in 2008 when the 5% annual inflation rate ...