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Not strong enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... markets celebrated the better-than-expected 165K addition to payrolls in April that took to 196K the average monthly gain in jobs this year from around 180K in 2012. Fresh new jobless claims data - released on the same day as Plosser revealed to the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... by weakness among the major banks and expectations of a pause on interest rate cuts following the release of encouraging jobs figures. The unemployment rate fell to 5.5 per cent in April, with the total number of people with jobs rising by 50,100, figures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... per cent) to 3,392.97. Trading was subdued amid a lack US economic data, in sharp contrast to Friday when a strong April jobs report drove major gains in the leading indices. Stocks also got an upward boost from fresh comments by European Central Bank ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
The Australian sharemarket has opened more than one per cent higher after strong US jobs numbers pushed American stocks to a record high and helped miners outperform the market. Official US Labor Department data showed the US economy added 165,000 jobs ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... versus 51.3 in the previous month and expectations of 51.0. The ADP employment survey showed that only 119,000 private sector jobs were created in April, less than expectations for a 150,000 gain and the smallest gain sine September. What is more, the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... after the Bank of Japan held off any new measures to boost the economy. Wall Street provided a strong lead following upbeat jobs data, but the South Korean index was dragged by tech giant Samsung Electronics despite posting a surge in net profit. On ...

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... makes the call even more convincing. Ahh yes...surprises - on the up and the down. Rate hike calls in March because the Feb jobs numbers surprised on the upside - more than seven times expectations. Rate cut calls now because the March jobs numbers surprised ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... rate soared to a new record of 27.16 per cent of the workforce in the first quarter of 2013 and the number of those without jobs surpassed six million. The euro fell to $US1.3004 from $US1.3014 late on Wednesday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets ...

Austock Group company secretary resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... insurance division of the company. "After we sold our broking business, we are looking to reduce our labour force, re-aligning jobs and putting more effort into our life insurance offering" he said. Austock Group independent non-executive chairman Frederick ...