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Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... released another "beautiful set of numbers." Yes, I refer to the December Labour Force Report that showed the country's unemployment rate inching down to 5.5 per cent from 5.6 per cent in the previous month. And no, this wasn't caused by a drop in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its labour force data for December, including the unemployment rate. In companies news, miner Rio Tinto Ltd releases its fourth quarter production report on Thursday afternoon. On Wednesday ...

Juice flow to continue in 2010

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2010
... in economic indicators (mis)led it to believe that happy days are here again. Wrong! The US economy doubled back. Unemployment increased from 14.3 per cent in 1937 to 19 per cent a year later. The number of jobless more than doubled from 5 million to ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... Bunning, he said that, " The bulk of the evidence indicates that resource slack is now substantial," referring to the US unemployment rate and the slack in manufacturing capacity. "I continue to expect slack resources, together with the stability of ...

Jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... latest jobs numbers but warned that, "While Australia is weathering the economic storm well, the government expects unemployment to continue to rise in the coming months." Maybe she's correct. But given the Government's (and other big forecasters) record ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... Congress will convene in Brisbane. On Thursday, the Australian share market closed lower despite better than expected unemployment figures for November. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 31.2 points, or 0.67 per cent, to 4,606.7 points and the broader ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... while part-time employment increased by 300. Economists' forecasts had centred on a 5,000 increase in employment with unemployment rising to 5.9 per cent from October's 5.8 per cent. "The unemployment number came out this morning and it goes to show ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... addresses Westpac Research and Strategy Forum. Westpac and the Melbourne Institute releases a survey of consumer unemployment expectations for December. The Melbourne Institute releases its survey of consumer inflationary expectations for December. In ...

Low rates to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... from somewhere around 2011 and 2012 to as early as March 2010. The trigger was November's good US payrolls report - unemployment dropped to 10.0 per cent while the reported 11,000 job losses were so far, far better than the 125,000 pink slips market ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... Australian sharemarket has opened 0.3 per cent higher, led by stocks with US operations and wealth managers, after the US unemployment rate declined unexpectedly. At 1017 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 14.4 points, or 0.31 per cent, at 4,716.6 ...