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Fear not the fugly jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... and the US dollar edged higher against the yen as Wall Street rallied in response to a surprisingly sharp fall in the US jobless rate. Tokyo jumped 2.29 per cent, or 350.35 points, to 15,650.21 and Seoul climbed 1.01 per cent, or 19.97 points, to 2,000.38. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... 1.26 per cent, at 16,020.20 points after a better-than-expected November jobs report from the Labor Department. The US jobless rate dropped to 7.0 per cent, a five-year low, from 7.3 per cent in October, and the economy added 203,000 jobs. The market ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... Street rallied from the opening bell after a better-than-expected November jobs report from the Labor Department. The US jobless rate dropped to 7.0 per cent, a five-year low, from 7.3 per cent in October, and the economy added 203,000 jobs. LONDON - ...

Santa Claus is comin' to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... Surprisingly good data on US employment has snapped a four day losing streak on the local share market. A 21,000 drop in American jobless claims for November buoyed Wall Street, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its highest close ever, above ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... reporting that the world's biggest economy grew a stronger-than-expected 2.8 per cent in the third quarter while weekly jobless claims fell slightly. At close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 0.66 per cent to 6,697.22 points, while the CAC 40 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... across the 17-country currency area hit a record 12.2 per cent in September, with about 19.5 million people classed as jobless by European Union data agency Eurostat. In economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will release the index ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... rate remained at 7.7% in August, the lead provided by the claimant count unemployment numbers indicates that the UK's jobless rate could hit the BOE's trigger level as early as next year. Latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed ...

QE infinity anybody?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... the previous three-months, that was down again from the 207,300 before that. Yet, the latest US payrolls report show the jobless rate falling to 7.2% last month from 7.9% at the start of this year. And why? Declining participation in the job market that's ...