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Unusually certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... previous day when Wall Street sold off? Investors ignored bad data last night. Yes, there were a few. US initial unemployment claims rose by 37,000 to 464,000 in the week ended 17 July - higher than expectations for a gain to 450,000. The four-week average ...

Wall Street takes a dive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and I expect continued moderate growth, a gradual decline in the unemployment rate, and subdued inflation over the next several years." Cover your ears and sing lalala so you don't hear him say that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... while the Fed reported modest growth in industrial output nationwide. The Labor Department said first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, but that was largely due to seasonal factors. The Dow fell 7.41 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 10,359.31. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... releases its Survey of Consumer Inflationary Expectations, and, with Westpac, it also issues its Survey of Consumer Unemployment Expectations, both for July. The Australian Office of Financial Management auctions $500 million of October 22, 2010, Treasury ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... International Monetary Fund's (IMF) lifting of its global growth forecast and the better-than-expected US initial unemployment claims. Been there, done that. The IMF now expects the world economy to grow by 4.6 per cent this year, up from its April projection ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... 0.94 per cent to settle at 1,070.25. Investors picked up bargains after the Labor Department said new claims for US unemployment benefits dipped more than expected last week. Initial claims fell to 454,000 in the week ending July 3 from the previous ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... support. The market shrugged off US nonfarm payrolls data that showed a loss of 125,000 jobs in June and a drop in the unemployment rate to to 9.5 per cent, the lowest level since July 2009, with charts showing the benchmark oversold. In thin trade ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... double-dip. Non-farm payrolls fell by 125,000 in June -- worse than expectations for a loss of 110,000 jobs. The unemployment rate fell to 9.5 per cent but this is because of reduced participation because many Americans gave up looking for work. Private ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
The Australian market is likely to open weaker on Monday after an unexpected decline in the US unemployment rate had US stocks close lower on Friday. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 30 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... - US stocks fell on Thursday, amid a slew of negative economic news, including a report showing new claims for US unemployment benefits jumped more than expected last week. After spending much of the day deep in negative territory, stocks recouped some ...