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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... lifting demand for US goods, which become less expensive for foreign buyers when the greenback falls. The Commerce Department said a rise in exports helped narrow the nation's trade gap to $US32.9 billion ($A36.2 billion) in October. Economists had been ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... strong the economic recovery will be and where they will be able to make the biggest returns. Separately, the Commerce Department reported that businesses added to inventories at the wholesale level in October after a record 13 straight months of reductions. ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... and Uncle Benny would stop dishing out the goodies. But what happened when last Friday (their time) the US Commerce Department dropped a bomb on Wall Street with a report showing that the country's unemployment rate jumped to double-digits - 10.2 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... ($A45.3 billion) infusion from the government. A rise in factory orders wasn't enough to boost sentiment. The Commerce Department said orders to US factories rebounded in September after dropping in August. Orders rose 0.9 per cent in September amid ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... similar to its 50/50 Western Australian iron ore project tie up with Rio Tinto. In the US on Thursday, the Commerce Department's report that gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of 3.5 per cent in the third quarter was taken as the surest sign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... in three months as investors rushed into the market on stronger-than-expected economy growth figures. The Commerce Department's report that gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of 3.5 per cent in the third quarter is the surest sign yet that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... over the pace of economic recovery following an unexpected decline in new home sales. Stocks fell after the Commerce Department said new home sales fell 3.6 per cent in September to 402,000 from 417,000 in August, well below the 440,000 analysts had ...

Wealth effect turns positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... improvement in home values for the increased wealth in the second quarter. This looks set to continue. The US Commerce Department reported housing starts rose by 1.5 per cent in August to an annualised rate of 598,000 units - the highest level in nine ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... benefits fell for the second consecutive week and home construction and building permits rose in August. The Commerce Department reported construction starts on privately owned homes rose 1.5 per cent to an annual rate of 598,000 in August from July. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... after data showed the US trade deficit increased sharply in July as trade volume rose and imports surged. The Commerce Department reported the trade gap jumped to $US32 billion ($A37.08 billion), up from a revised $US27.5 billion in June. A separate ...