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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... had pushed the Australian dollar higher against the greenback, touching US 93.68 cents at 1209 AEDT. Australia's unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 5.8 per cent in October, compared with unrevised 5.7 per cent in September, the Australian Bureau ...

Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... choice. Forget market consensus that the fed funds rate will start rising by August next year. Not with 10.2 per cent unemployment and rising and the recovery remains tentative. In a speech in San Francisco Fed President Janet Yellen said that, "The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... Statistics releases its labour force report for October at 1130 AEDT. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey of consumer unemployment expectations for November also is due, as is the Melbourne Institute's survey of consumer inflationary expectations. ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... deterioration in the Eurozone labour market and with it, weaker consumer spending. As at September, the region's unemployment rate has climbed to 9.7 per cent - the same level when the Eurozone first came into existence following the official launch ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... Friday (their time) the US Commerce Department dropped a bomb on Wall Street with a report showing that the country's unemployment rate jumped to double-digits - 10.2 per cent? To use an Australian expression, 'she'll be right mate' was the Street's ...

Job woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... further to 188,000 between August and October this year. This is also underscored by the steady decline in claims for unemployment insurance in recent months. This is also underscored by the 9.5 per cent surge in US productivity in the third quarter. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... gains on Friday to end a strong week on an upbeat note, as investors shrugged off disappointing data showing that US unemployment had risen above 10 per cent in October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 17.46 points, or 0.17 per cent, to close ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... 83 cents to $52.68, and ANZ increasing 11 cents o $22.18. In the US, the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level since January, and fewer than economists had forecast. Productivity figures also had their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... an upbeat forecast from Cisco Systems Inc. The Labor Department said the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell to 512,000 last week, the lowest level since January and fewer than economists had forecast. Initial claims are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... wants to go down, but there is no catalyst for it at this stage. "The market will probably be looking next to (US) unemployment data coming out on Saturday." In the healthcare space at 1204 AEDT, CSL was up 19 cents at $31.09 while Cochlear was three ...