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Of population growth and surpluses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... billion people. Population growth increases the economy's potential growth rate. Ageing population growth provides employment to aged care-related services. But whatever happens, a forecast is a forecast is a forecast. It's a guesstimate of what could ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... unemployment rate. "Following on from yesterday's confidence given by (Prime Minister Kevin) Rudd who has concerns about employment and will keep the stimulus for as long as need be," he said. Energy and mining stocks were doing some heavy lifting. Oil ...

Hermaphrodite economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... to 6.1 million - the lowest levels since April. This provides optimism that the slowdown in the rate of decline in employment indicated by the August non-farm payrolls report is proceeding. In Australia, although there are concerns for the massive loss ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... 2,018.78. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed higher in choppy trade on Friday, with investors tested by a mixed US employment report after encouraging words from the heads of the IMF and European Central Bank. The gains were welcome after a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... from 9.4 per cent, while the number of layoffs is expected to slow to 225,000 from 247,000. The latest snapshot on employment on Thursday offered investors little to go on ahead of the big report due on Friday. The Labor Department said the number of ...

Mmm...bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... ongoing....the economy seems likely to continue to expand at a moderate pace over coming quarters, supported by solid growth in employment and incomes and a robust global economy." At this time, the FOMC was not even convinced that inflation pressures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... investors new reason to fret about what is widely seen as the biggest problem facing the economy. The ADP National Employment Report found that employment fell by 298,000 in August following a revised loss of 360,000 jobs in July. The losses were the ...

Lucky, lucky, lucky

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... revenues continue expanding. Australians would rather pay higher interest rates as long as they are able to keep or find employment. All good. Australians all, rejoice!

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases construction work done data for the June quarter. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations publishes its job vacancy report. The Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a ...

Wait no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... part is when Chairman Ben imparted before his audience that he thinks that the recovery will be slow initially because employment would rise "only gradually" and that "strains" are still present in the financial system although fears of a cataclysm have ...