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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Jobs, jobs, jobs. Another month, another good jobs report. Yes, ladies and gents, Australia's labour market continues to improve. The Australian Bureau of Statistics released the latest tally showing that jobs downunder increased by 31,200 in November ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... expecting an increase. Exports rose 2.5 percent, the sixth straight monthly increase. The trade figures helped offset mixed jobs numbers. The Labor Department said the number of laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits rose more than expected last week ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... Baillieu Stockbroking, Richard Morrow, said after that a poor start the market had rebounded strongly after the November jobs figures were released at 1130 AEDT. According to the seasonally adjusted data the national jobless rate fell to 5.7 per cent ...

Low rates to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... slips market expected have been handed to workers in the month. US equities didn't know which way to jump - rejoice that jobs (the sole variable that has put a question mark over the strength/continuation of the US recovery) is beginning to show signs ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... team under recently arrived chief executive Patrick Snowball. In the US, a report on Friday showed the economy shed 11,000 jobs last month, the smallest monthly loss since December 2007, when the recession began. The unemployment rate fell to 10 per ...

We're still in Kansas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... when US employment fell by only 11,000 in November - 114,000 less than the 125,000 culling expected by consensus. Better...jobs losses in September and October lowered by a total of 159,000. Yes, the report was music to Wall Street's ears that I could ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... sharp rise in the dollar, which hurt prices for commodities including oil. The Labor Department said the economy shed 11,000 jobs last month, the smallest monthly loss since December 2007, when the recession began. That's much better than the 130,000 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... Federal Reserve Beige Book. Market action came after a survey by payrolls firm ADP showed a loss of 169,000 private sector jobs in November, a figure indicating the labor market is weaker than most had anticipated. The market also digested the Fed's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... Australian shares was marginally in the red at noon on thin trading, after a positive start following better than expected jobs data in the US overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 10.2 points, or 0.22 per cent, at 4,712 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received positive leads into Thursday trading, as Wall Street posted gains on positive jobs and home sales data. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 24 points higher ...