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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... share price index futures contract was down 36 points at 4,184. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics release labour force data for January. The figures are expected to show an additional 15,000 jobs in January, with the unemployment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment for February is released as are the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) lending finances for December and its new motor vehicle sals for January. In equities news, Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 4,199. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases housing finance data for December while the Reserve Bank of Australia releases figures on credit and debit card lending ...

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... it remains close to 5 per cent." Household behaviour, they are a-changin'. Only yesterday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) gave meat to this observation. You saw the headlines, "Retail sales in worst showing since 1984" (theage.com.au). Yes ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... earnings and its implication for consumer spending and the economy in general. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), "In January, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 4 cents, or 0.2 percent, to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... inflation gauge for January is released, as are the ANZ job advertisements series for January and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade data for December. In equities news, Altius Mining Ltd is due to hold an extraordinary general meeting ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... about Wall Street - and of course all its lesser cousins around the world - waiting on the "mother of all economic statistics, the US Non-farm Payrolls Report. There weren't a lot of shaking that went on in the Street while we slept - the Dow was down ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... posted strong gains after better-than-expected trade data boosted already buoyant mining stocks. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showing a surge in exports and a widening trade surplus gave further impetus to mining stocks after a rises in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... share price index futures contract was up 49 points at 4,242. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its International Trade in Goods and Services data for December, along with its Building Approvals figures for December. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... price index futures contract was up eight points at 4,234. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its House Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities for December 2011, the Housing Industry Association (HIA) releases new ...