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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... Wall Street's gains came on the heels of a report that confirmed US second-quarter growth at 2.5 per cent, while weekly jobless claims sank to 305,000. Domestically, no major economic or equities news is expected on Friday. In Australia, the market on ...

No news, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... to 19 November 1995 and from 16 December 1995 to 6 January 1996). I wish but...nah. 'Twas the release of the latest US jobless claims report that showed fewer Americans than expected filed for unemployment benefits last week that cheered Wall Street. ...

Taper? What taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... cautiously on Thursday as investors awaited official labour force data for August, where economists are expecting the jobless rate to hit a four-year high of 5.8 per cent, from 5.7 per cent. "There are still some people out there looking for jobs, there ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... cautiously on Thursday as investors awaited official labour force data for August, where economists are expecting the jobless rate to hit a four-year high of 5.8 per cent, from 5.7 per cent. "There are still some people out there looking for jobs, there ...

Syria on ice and other things nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013

Employer super contributions down as jobless figure rises

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Employer superannuation contributions saw their biggest fall in the 2013 June quarter since the global financial crisis, according to Financial Services Council (FSC) chief economist James Bond. The FSC's Bond Report put the figure at $489 million ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... borrowing in just a month and a year! But...but (yeah me like buts), but what were US conditions back in 1994? America's jobless rate was falling...and fast.A It came down from 7.3% in January 1993 to 5.5% by December 1994.A And why not, America's economic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... cent. Eurozone unemployment came in unchanged at a record of 12.1 per cent in July but another slight fall in the total jobless offered some hope. Analysts had hoped the report would reflect a gradual recovery which saw the eurozone post 0.3-per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... Street overnight. At the close the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 66.12 points at 14,963.67. An unexpected increase in jobless claims encouraged investors by piquing hopes the US Federal Reserve would be forced to delay the tapering of its stimulus ...