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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... cent. But economists pointed to a sharp drop in the number of people looking for work, a main factor that lowered the jobless rate. The economy created a net 120,000 jobs, close to forecasts and 20 per cent above October. Banks continued to profit from ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... The Fed also lowered its growth outlook for 2012 to 2.5%-2.9% (from June's forecast of 3.3%-3.7%) and raised its jobless rate projection to 8.5%-8.7% (from 7.8%-8.2%). Yes, it is. "Household spending has increased at a somewhat faster pace in recent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... which pushed both broad-market indices dipped into the negative territory just before noon AEST. "People thought the jobless rate would stay stable at 5.1 per cent," RBS Morgans private client adviser Craig Walker said. "So that news was probably a little ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... the unemployment rate would either go the other way or remain steady. Not in May -- there was no hiding in May. The jobless rate rose to 9.1 percent in the month from 9.0 per cent in April and against expectations for a drop to 8.9 percent. Blame it ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... Friday as traders welcomed a drop in US unemployment. Consumer goods firms led the Dow's rise, after news that the US jobless rate fell for the fourth straight month in March, to 8.8 per cent from 8.9 per cent in February, official data showed. It was ...

Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... cent in the previous month. This is also better than the expected climb to 9.0 per cent and... and the fall in the jobless rate was not followed by a "but" because the participation rate was unchanged at 64.2 per cent - no one gave up looking for work ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... cents and and a low of 100.65 US cents. On Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported the nation's jobless rate remained at five per cent in February, while total employment fell by a seasonally adjusted 10,100 to 11.413 million in ...

Yakety yak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
I wonder if anyone noticed that there was a G-20 meeting held over the weekend. Yes, there was! Honest. Am sure many have heard of the meeting in Paris where the world's 20 most powerful heads talked to discuss the collective economic and financial ...

Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... jobs! America's screwed! Don't look there, look here! Optimists would direct your attention to the sharp drop in the jobless rate from 9.4 in December to 9.0 in January - the lowest in 21 months -- when most were expecting it to rise to 9.5 per cent. ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... could be sustained given the still weak labour market. US employment rose by a meagre 39,000 in November and the jobless rate jumped to 9.8 percent. Here's my but or butt, whichever you prefer. Look at American's disposable income. The latest annual ...