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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... releases strengthened the view that the economic recovery is gaining pace. The government reported that initial jobless claims dropped to 368,000 in the week ending February 26, the lowest level since late May 2008, and better than expected. A private-sector ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... resigned he did not. Too late, Wall Street's already called it a day. What's lost in all these is the fresh US jobless claims data that provided further confirmation of a brightening outlook for America. Claims fell by 36,000 to 383,000 in the week ended ...

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... in January beating expectations for a 2.7 per cent rise. And what about jobs? Overnight news show that initial jobless claims fell by 42,000 to 415,000 in the week ending January 29 - less than the expected decline to 420,000 - continuing the downward ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... Plan as Economy Sustains Momentum Pimco Raises U.S. Economic Growth Forecast on 'Massive' Stimulus U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fell 17,000 to 421,000 Household Worth in U.S. Increases by $1.2 Trillion Loans Hit 3-Year High in 'Spectacular Time': Canada ...

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... unemployment in 2011 and 2012. Speaking of unemployment, talk on cyberspace is that it was the better-than-expected US jobless claims report in the week ended 19 November that allowed investors to reclaim today what they lost yesterday. Initial jobless ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... zero indicates an expansion in manufacturing activity. There's a positive trend happening on the labour front too. Jobless claims rose by 2,000 in the week ended 13 November to 439,000 - less than expectations for an increase to 441,000. Yeah, yeah I ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... senior dealer David Taylor said the local market was being helped by better than expected results for US initial jobless claims. During overnight trade, the US Labour Department said that initial claims for jobless aid dropped by 24,000 to a seasonally ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... rebounded sharply in October - up 151,000 against expectations of 60,000. Last night's bigger-than-expected drop in jobless claims suggest continued improvement in labour market going forward. The weaker US dollar is having a positive impact in the US ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... slants and variations - to circumvent accusations of plagiarism - but the message is one. It is the weak weekly jobless claims. It is America's trade deficit with China. It is the investigation into "alleged" illegal US property foreclosures. I'll spare ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... question mark will still follow the word recovery. There's good news, too, on the US weekly unemployment claims data. Jobless claims fell by 16,000 in week ended 25 September. But at 453,000 claims have stabilised - not improving, not worsening - at ...