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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... Stocks ended mixed on Wall Street after reports signaled that the US economy is slowly regaining strength. The Labor Department said on Thursday that its Consumer Price Index was unchanged in February. That signals that inflation is tame. The government ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... key lending rate anytime soon. The Fed said Tuesday it would hold its key interest rate at historic lows. The Labor Department's Producer Price Index fell 0.6 per cent in February, its steepest drop in seven months. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... since January 20, while the Nasdaq ended at its highest level since early September 2008. Figures from the US Labor Department showed the world's largest economy lost 36,000 jobs in February, with the unemployment rate steady at 9.7 per cent despite ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... per cent. The drop in home sales followed a report on jobless benefits claims that had raised hopes about the Labor Department's monthly payroll report due out Friday. Initial jobless claims dipped last week after two straight weeks of unexpected increases ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... expectations. Payroll company ADP said employers cut 20,000 jobs last month, matching forecasts from economists. The Labor Department is expected to report on Friday that the unemployment rate edged up to 9.8 per cent last month and that employers cut ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... could hurt the country's efforts to tackle its debt crisis. Closer to home, the market shuddered after the US Labor Department said new claims for US jobless benefits jumped to a three-month high, underscoring ongoing struggles for the labor market and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... stocks. The S&P report was yet another worry for investors who have been focused on politics, not the economy. The Labor Department said weekly jobless claims fell by less than expected last week and the Commerce Department reported that durable goods ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... market was mixed earlier as good earnings news was tempered by an unexpected jump in initial jobless claims. The Labor Department said workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose by 36,000 to 482,000 last week. Economists polled ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... Street into losing more than half a per cent last night. Inflation cast its shadow on the Street after the US Labor Department released figures showing that the country's headline producer price index jumped by 1.8 per cent in November, with the core ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... keep rates unchanged when it releases a policy statement following the meeting on Thursday morning (AEDT). The Labor Department said wholesale prices jumped 1.8 per cent last month, more than double the market forecast of a 0.8 per cent rise. Core inflation ...