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All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... under their beds, quivering that the world is going to end because US consumer confidence had fallen sharply... because employment is not growing fast enough? Where the bloody hell were they? But I discovered that just as employment is a lagging indicator ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... news if you put it that way. But if you track the private sector jobs closely, it would show you that private sector employment had been growing for the past six months now. The bears failed to tell you this, didn't they? This is a clear indication that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... index added 2.2 points, or 0.05 per cent, to 4,264.9. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower on Friday after a mixed June employment report showed the economy shed more jobs than expected but the unemployment rate dipped. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... could not be said for tonight's US non-farm payrolls report. Financial markets have pencilled in a 125K drop in overall employment in June largely due to the retrenchment of temporary census workers. However. They expect private sector jobs to climb ...

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... activity in the region continues to expand. There's also the "could be interpreted both ways" report. The ADP private employment rose by a smaller-than-expected 13,000 in June following a revised 57,000 increase in May. Bad. The latest figure shows that ...

Market Wrap - Mid-Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
The Australian share market opened one per cent lower, after falls on Wall Street sparked by weak employment figures. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 39.8 points, or 0.93 per cent, at 4261.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... took a bleaker view of the economy after the market peaked in April were selling again Wednesday. A disappointing June employment report from payroll company ADP set the tone for the day. The market's losses, as they often did during the quarter, accelerated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... contract was 93 points lower at 4,245. Economic news scheduled for Wednesday includes the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations skilled job vacancy report, Reserve Bank of Australia financial aggregates data for June, Australian ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... 33.3 per cent in the same month. Financial markets would again be holding their collective breath ahead of Friday's US employment report. Here, expectations are not good. The drop-off in census workers is expected to reduce the headline non-farm payrolls ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... positive overnight lead from Wall Street was the main driver of the market's gains, plus the effect of positive local employment data on Thursday. "It's a very refreshing bounce," Mr Bishop said. "The Americans felt better about things last night, and ...