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CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... know what else! Better, there are no signs that growth momentum is about to slow. August employment data show the jobless rate falling to 5.1 per cent from 5.3 per cent in the previous month. Better, part-time employees are becoming full-time. Some 53,100 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... AEST. A median of 11 economists surveyed by AAP forecast total employment to have risen by 30,000 in August, with the jobless rate falling 0.1 percentage points to 5.2 per cent. Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... real slow. The US unemployment rate did not peak until 15 months after the 1990/91 recession ended. In 2001, the jobless rate went up and up 19 months after the end of recession. The problem we have now is that we're still waiting for the US Bureau of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... Friday that the US economy had lost jobs in June for the first time this year added further tension. A fall in the jobless rate to 9.5 per cent of the workforce failed to lift investor spirits, as it largely reflected decisions by discouraged workers ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... economy continues to expand with the unemployment rate dropping to 5.2 per cent in May from 5.4 per cent in April. The jobless rate is expected to fall to 4.25 per cent in a year's time. Unlike other western economies, Australia is heading to a point ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... market players cheered a labour force report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which showed the nation's jobless rate fell to 5.2 per cent in May, with the economy adding 26,900 jobs in the month. The ASX/S&P200 was trading at 4,415.6 points ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... sustainable recovery. Make no mistake -- this is a positive report... even if you account for the increase in the jobless rate to 9.9 per cent in April from 9.7 per cent in the previous month. Now I'm pushing it, you say. Not really. Because if you look ...

Enviable problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... only 4 per cent in March 2008. What increased the fear factor was that most forecasters predicted that the country's jobless rate would not stop climbing until it hit double-digits. I typed 'most' because our Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... get an update of the country's employment stats. Betting is for a 15,000 addition in jobs in February and for the jobless rate to remain stuck at 5.3 per cent. No need to cross your fingers. The numbers may surprise on the upside, they may surprise on ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... 651,000 workers in February, taking the unemployment rate up to 8.1 per cent - the highest in 25 years. Last month, the jobless rate was 7.6 per cent. Last year, it was 4.8 per cent. For sure this is bad news because of the loss of jobs' flow-on effect ...