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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2006
... were cautious a day before the monthly jobs report and shares of Merck dropped after a legal setback. A strong payrolls report for March could raise concerns that the Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates further and longer than some had initially ...

Economic Roundup

... downward pressure on the currency. This week, Australian financial markets would be reacting to the US October payrolls report released over the weekend. Locally, investors will get an update into the state of our own labour market, business and consumer ...

Weekly economic roundup

... updates of the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing and non-manufacturing indices and the non-farm payrolls report should provide good indications of the economy's future growth trajectory.

Australian dollar firmer at midday bonds steady ahead of US jobs data

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2004
... pushed the US dollar lower against several major currencies ahead of tonight's important September US non-farm payrolls report. Strategists said money markets were biding their time ahead of tonight's US jobs data, while in Australia the weekend federal ...

Aust bond market opens broadly unchanged ahead of US jobs report

... released Friday night,\" St George economist Adam Carr said. The market expects tomorrow night\'s key US non-farm payrolls report to show employers added 150,000 new jobs in August, after a paltry 32,000 jobs were created in July.

Afternoon market wrap: Shares, bonds close down

... exchange rate benefited from a broad-based weakening in the US dollar after Friday night's stronger than expected US payrolls report.

Morning market wrap: US stocks head lower on disappointing jobs data

... on new workers. While the spike in Challenger's job cut tally was unlikely to affect the government's October payrolls report -- most planned layoffs take time to be implemented -- the mere specter of a continued jobs slump helped lift bond prices. Economists ...

Midday Market Report: Dollar firm; All eyes on Japan

... economy. Australia's bond market was slightly weaker to noon as traders set up to be short going into the non-farm payrolls report. At 1200 AEST the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was at 5.325 per cent from 5.275 at yesterday's close. ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks make further gains

US stocks posted a second consecutive day of gains, although investors remained wary of the September payrolls report due for release tomorrow. Concerns over a sagging recovery earlier this week had pushed indexes back down to one-month lows. The Dow ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks regain lost ground

US stocks partly recovered ground lost Friday after the disappointing payrolls report, with markets buoyed overnight by a series of positive recommendations from US brokerage houses. IBM and drugmaker Merck & Co. were among stocks to earn upgraded recommendations ...