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G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... house sales have shifted into reverse as early as January 2006. The same is true in most countries in Europe. Labour. Unemployment rates in many developed nations are rising. While Australia's jobless rate remain low and steady at 4.3 per cent (based ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... began early in the day after the Labor Department reported that the number of newly laid-off individuals seeking unemployment benefits jumped last week to a level not seen since just after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. And there were more signs ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... quarter. Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their Index of Consumer Inflation Expectations and Consumer Unemployment Expectations for November. In company news, St George Bank Ltd holds an extraordinary general meeting to vote on its proposed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... problems but attracted by lower prices. Analysts said Friday's advance, which also came amid relief that a bad report on unemployment wasn't worse and followed dour third-quarter reports from Ford and General Motors, was to be expected as Wall Street ...

Rainy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... government now also expects 2009/2010 growth to be 2.25 per cent, down from its previous estimate of 3 per cent. The unemployment rate, currently at 4.3 per cent, is forecast to rise to 5 per cent by June 2009 and 5.75 per cent the year after. Some economists ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... stocks are down by about seven per cent. "But the Aussie dollar got close to 80 US cents on better than expected unemployment figures." Mining giant BHP Billiton was down $2.19, or 6.93 per cent, to $29.41 at 1212 AEDT while its takeover target Rio Tinto ...

Spring facelift to Zurich life risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... women and individuals who experience a period away from employment - such as maternity leave, sabbatical leave or unemployment. Zurich now takes into account the previous 24 months' income history prior to a claim for calculating benefits payable in ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... month. Germany's ZEW economic sentiment survey dropped to -63.0 in October from -41.1 in the previous month. The UK's unemployment rate rose to 5.7 per cent in the three months to August from 5.5 per cent in the previous period. French business sentiment ...

Fed to bail-out corporate paper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... juggling the goals of protecting its investment portfolio with its traditional goals of promoting stable prices and low unemployment." The arrangement is fraught with legal complexities, it noted. This latest reaction of the Fed, which now seems to be ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... 1.7 per cent in September, after a similar 1.7 per cent drop in August. Elsewhere in Europe, reports show Spanish unemployment rising and consumer confidence slipping. And in Italy, the fiscal deficit has risen to 2.6 per cent of GDP in the June quarter ...