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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... Philadelphia showed manufacturing activity took a sharp hit in August, falling to -30.7 from 3.2 in July. In addition, US jobless claims rose back above the 400,000 threshold. "If we get any more movement away from risk appetite this evening then we ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... Philadelphia showed manufacturing activity took a sharp hit in August, falling to -30.7 from 3.2 in July. In addition, US jobless claims rose back above the 400,000 threshold, around 6,000 higher than the market had forecast. Mr Jukes said a report by ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... negative US stats released at the same time MS whispered 'R'. No, I am not referring to the up again down again weekly jobless claims. It was down last week, remember? And financial markets concluded that no US recession is in the offing. It was up last ...

Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... (Bloomberg). And financial markets reached this conclusion because? Because of that volatile weekly report that showed US jobless claims decreased by 7,000 to 395,000 in the week ended 6 August. This is good -- it's better than expectations for an increase ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... now isn't the time to launch a new round of stimulus measures, comments that overshadowed a decline in US weekly jobless claims to the lowest point in three months. The prospect of a vote of confidence in the Italian senate on the government's EUR40 ...

QE3 - yes, no, maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... key and press the button to launch QE3. And this regard, data out overnight still provides no clear direction. US jobless claims fell by 22,000 to 405k in the week ended 9 July. This is lower than expectations of a decline to 415K and the lowest level ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... nagging, niggling bugbear of America's economy - its labour market has done a boing! Reports last night showed that jobless claims dropped by 14,000 to 418K in the week ended 2 July. This is better than median expectations for a drop to 420K. Who cares? ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... low, while in Europe a key indicator on manufacturing activity fell to a 20-month low in June. In the US, initial jobless claims for the week ending June 18 were higher than expected, and new home sales fell 2.1 per cent in May, underlining persistent ...

Big Benny and little Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... yesterday -- and data out while we were sleeping confirmed his prognosis. US Labor Department figures showed that jobless claims increased by 9,000 to 429,000 in the week ended 18 June - exceeding market expectations for a gain to 415,000. Regular readers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... continue, but the Chinese demand story is intact, and last night in the US we got stronger-than-expected reads on jobless claims and on the housing market." On the local bourse on Friday at 1028 AEST, oil and gas producer Santos was five cents higher ...