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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... survey of consumer inflationary expectations for August and, with Westpac, it will release its survey of consumer unemployment expectations for August. In company news, Telstra Corporation Ltd and Foxtel issue annual results. Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd posts ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... already run hard, but you can't stop the momentum at the moment." On Friday, the US Labor Department said the country's unemployment rate unexpectedly had dipped to 9.4 per cent, its first decline in 15 months. That sent US shares higher, with the broad ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... markets rose on Friday after the White House suggested the US economy had pulled back from the brink following a key US unemployment report that showed the number of job losses slowed in July. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares gained 41.03 points ...

Dead cat bouncers dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
Hi ho...hi ho, it's off to work we go! The news just got better. If you thought Australia's latest unemployment reading was great, you'll certainly be rejoicing - as Wall Street did - at the reduction in America's jobless rate. Here at home, the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... sharemarket is expected to open lower on Friday, after US equities declined on a rise in people continuing to claim unemployment benefits and lacklustre sales figures from major retailers. Oil and metals also were lower. At 0714 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said that the market was responding positively already to the news that unemployment has remained steady. "(The unchanged unemployment figures are) very positive for the market because it looks like ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... and how many started submitting forms to Centrelink. Financial markets expect the ABS to report that Australia's unemployment rate to rise to 5.9 per cent in July from 5.8 per cent in the previous month. Big deal! That seems to be the consensus reaction ...

Higher...higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... premature call but this is another story. Look at what we've got. Despite worries about the Australian labour market, the unemployment rate has risen to only 5.8 per cent as at June. It is likely that this could still rise but not as much as previously ...

Signs of a residential property recovery

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... started to slacken off later this year. BIS Shrapnel expects prices to keep going up but they will move slowly until unemployment peaks early in the 2010/11 financial year. It forecasts a return to double-digit growth in residential property prices in ...

Super funds stage comeback

... can climb back once markets price in most of the bad news. Recent reports that economists are now lowering their unemployment forecasts only adds weight to these trend," he said. If unlisted assets are devalued further, retail super funds, which usually ...