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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... (ABS) released jobs data that showed total employment rose much less than expected in May. The ABS said Australia's unemployment rate stayed at a two-year low of 4.9 per cent in May for the third month in a row. Total employment rose by a seasonally ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... disappointing US employment report): "My best guess is we will have a continued recovery, but it won't feel terrific....The unemployment rate is still going to be high for a while, and that means that a lot of people are going to be under financial stress....We ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... focus on the fact that the outlook for the domestic economy is likely to improve in coming months supported by low unemployment and solid income growth," he said. Investors would examine closely the statement from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... report's came in way below predictions. Try and defend that! Over the past few months, this was easy peasy. Because 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 ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... quarter real GDP confirms that America is losing momentum. And the rationales were selectively handpicked - jump in unemployment claims, disappointing Chicago and Richmond Fed manufacturing index, weak durable goods orders and falling house prices. And ...

MetLife launches credit insurance product

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... market with Citibank, launching a credit card account insurance product to protect policyholders in the instance of unemployment, death or injury. CardGuard, available exclusively to Citibank customers, provides a number of features including repayment ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... 404,000 from the previous week's original 409,000 tally - recalculated to show that more (414,000 claimants) claimed unemployment. That's bad. But worse, the four-week moving average of claims have reversed direction - from down to up - suggesting that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... the next few sessions to be muted as investors stay away ahead of key economic data, including the release of a US unemployment insurance claims report. The HSI got a lift from the Dow's 0.65 per cent rise on Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing streak ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... the economic front in the US, retail sales rose by about a half a per cent overnight and 430,000 Americans filed unemployment benefits, which were broadly in line with what the market was expecting. "The price of oil remains weak compared to where it ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... Australian dollar dropped almost one per cent immediately after the Australian Bureau of Statistics said the nation's unemployment rate stayed at a two-year low 4.9 per cent in April. It was fetching 105.98 US cents at 1205 AEST. BHP Billiton was down ...

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