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Green sprouts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... jobs lost in March after a 1,800 increase in the previous month. And oh my goodness, it would be so bad that the unemployment rate is expected that the unemployment rate would 'surge' to 5.4 per cent from 5.2 per cent in February. There is no doubt that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... of consumer inflationary expectations for April are released. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute survey of consumer unemployment expectations for April also is due. In company news, BrisConnections Management Ltd will hold an extraordinary general meeting. ...

She'll be right mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... ended more than 3 per cent higher last week, apparently seeing passed the 663,000 jobs lost in March that took the US unemployment rate to a 25-year high of 8.5 per cent. Jobs and employment are lagging indicators and the US economy appears to have already ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... accounting rules that could ease financial pressure on banks. LONDON - European stock markets mostly dropped on Friday, as unemployment soared and the service sector contracted further in the United States in a stark reminder of the dismal state of the ...

GFC Problem solved

... indicators, which would again invite a sell-off in equities, one of which would be tomorrow's US payrolls data, where the unemployment rate is expected to surge to 8.5 per cent in March from 8.1 per cent. At this rate, it is looking ever so likely that ...

Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... cent shrinkage it predicted only four months ago. What is more, global trade would drop by around 13 per cent and unemployment would soar. If proven correct, this would be the worst slump since the OECD started tracking its members' economic growth in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... higher after US stocks gained on an upbeat profit report from electronics retailer Best Buy Co and the increase in unemployment slowed. Resource and energy stocks may also gain on rising commodity prices including oil, gold and copper. At 0723 AEDT on ...

Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... indicators continue before we can call an end to this financial and economic nightmare. Feeder indicators such as rising unemployment, still high inventories of unsold homes - more building will only add to inventories -- and still restrictive credit ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... The All Ordinaries Index closed the week up by nearly six per cent, against a backdrop of a sharp increase in the unemployment rate to 5.2 per cent and forecasts that it could climb to 10 per cent in the near term. Investors have either become inured ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... will be held. On Thursday, the Australian stock market closed slightly lower in mostly flat trading as Australia's unemployment rate hit a four-year high. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 8.9 points, or 0.27 per cent lower, at 3,235.5, while the broader ...