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Nightmare on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... induce a nightmare on Wall Street. But wait, it wasn't Jason, nor was it Freddie - it was the US initial "weekly" unemployment insurance claims that scared the bejeesus out of investors last night. You'll be crapping yourself, too, when you read headlines ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... Australian stock market was weaker at noon after a poor performance on global markets overnight and a lift in the domestic unemployment rate. The market also took a dim view of weak profit results from Telstra and Qantas. At 1211 AEST, the benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... issues its Survey of Consumer Inflationary Expectations and, with Westpac, it also releases its Survey of Consumer Unemployment Expectations, both for August. The Reserve Bank of Australia issues credit and debit card transaction data for June. It's ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... top of the 31,000 additional workers employed in the previous month. Expectations were for an increase of 90K. The unemployment rate steadied at 9.5 per cent. The average workweek increased to 34.2 hours from 34.1 hours in June. Aggregate weekly earnings ...

Squared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... because the all-important US non-farm payrolls report is due for release tomorrow. Financial markets expect the US unemployment rate to nudge up to 9.6 per cent in July. Employment is expected to fall by 65,000 as more Census workers are let go. Private ...

Good newer news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... they say. And by more, the bears need to see roughly 150,000 jobs created monthly - and this is just to keep the unemployment rate marking time. Hey ain't this a Generation Now argument? I want 150,000 jobs or more monthly, and I want it now!!! Admittedly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... 0.24 per cent, to 3,643.14 points. TOKYO - Japanese shares dropped on a stronger yen and worse-than-expected data on unemployment and factory output. Unemployment rose 0.1 percentage points to 5.3 per cent in June, its highest since November and missing ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... did not stop profit-taking on The Street. Good news on the US jobs front... but not good enough. Initial claims for unemployment insurance dropped by 11,000 in the week ended July 24 to 457,000 - less than the expected fall to 460,000. The less volatile ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... Co, Exxon Mobil Corp and other companies, then fell on disappointment over a slight drop in first-time claims for unemployment benefits. Traders were also uneasy ahead of the first reading on US gross domestic product for the April-June quarter, to be ...

No double dip recession: Fidelity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... "[For a double dip recession] you need corporates overspending, cutting costs, laying off people - it requires the unemployment rate to shoot up to cause it," he said. "But corporates have already cut their costs, are already in better shape, already ...