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Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... worth of Treasury and mortgage bonds purchases -- over six to nine months - in March 2009 did not succeed in lowering unemployment and preventing disinflation up to this time, what good would a mere US$750 billion do? No wonder Wall Street was disappointed! ...

No housing bubble: Fidelity

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... Asia including Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. "For house prices to fall of a cliff we need to see a pick up in unemployment and I don't think that is likely, unless of course China rolls (over)," she said. Fidelity's head of Australian equities Paul ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... Institute releases its Survey of Consumer Inflationary Expectations and, with Westpac, issues its Survey of Consumer Unemployment Expectations. The Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender for the issue of $1,000 million of Treasury ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... employment report. "I think we're the same," Mr Russell said. "Our markets have quite a strong run up, particularly with unemployment figures here and interest rates being put on hold." Mr Russell said the main action on Friday had been playing out in ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... per cent rate. A big question mark will still follow the word recovery. There's good news, too, on the US weekly unemployment claims data. Jobless claims fell by 16,000 in week ended 25 September. But at 453,000 claims have stabilised - not improving ...

Market Wrap - Midday

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... said. "The US market had a strong result due to the durable goods data, despite the fact there is still concern about unemployment." "Locally it is running on the back of that sentiment." At 1215 AEST, Commonwealth Bank had gained 97 cents to $52.79 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... recently and that's what we've seen again today." In overnight trading, Wall Street was weaker following disappointing unemployment data. Traders were disappointed to see first-time unemployment claims rise last week, breaking a recent trend of declines. ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
Australian shares are expected to decline after falls in US equities on a surprise jump in unemployment claims there and more signs of trouble for Europe's economy. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0751 AEST, the December share price index futures ...

Much ado over more of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... employment has slowed in recent months. Household spending is increasing gradually, but remains constrained by high unemployment, modest income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit. Business spending on equipment and software is rising, though ...

Rewind and replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... overnight, but not so convincingly. So why is this? Why? Why? The latest US Labor Department figures show that initial unemployment claims dropped by 27,000 to 451,000 in the week ended 4 September. This is stronger than market expectations for a decline ...