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Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... of 110,000 jobs. The unemployment rate fell to 9.5 per cent but this is because of reduced participation because many Americans gave up looking for work. Private payrolls increased by 83,000 but also short of expectations for a 110,000 gain. Bad news ...

SEC hunts BP oil spill scammers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... money into false cleanup strategies. The oil spill in the US has heralded more than a serious environmental disaster to Americans; it now poses a threat to vulnerable investors in the forms of scams promising financial gains from investments in companies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... plus the effect of positive local employment data on Thursday. "It's a very refreshing bounce," Mr Bishop said. "The Americans felt better about things last night, and our unemployment figures improved out of sight, and we've forgotten about the resources ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... reprieve from the easing in the unemployment rate to 9.7 per cent in May from 9.9 per cent in the previous month because Americans have simply given up looking for work. This is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website: "The number of unemployed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... of US economic news may have spurred the rally. Consumer confidence improved for the third straight month in May as Americans saw a rosier outlook for jobs and businesses, according to a survey released by the Conference Board Tuesday. When markets settled ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... rate of 5.77 million units -- higher than the expected gain to 5.63 million units. With lower mortgage rates, many more Americans will be able to qualify for home loans. With lower mortgage rates, homebuyers can refinance their existing homes and the ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... were recorded across all industries. And even better, revisions to February and March figures added another 121,000 to Americans with jobs. Once the make or break in trading sentiment, Wall Street ignored this last week. And I repeat, at its own risk. ...

Wall Street beauties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... improvement in the US labour market, if sustained -- and increasing share market gains -- would encourage more and more Americans to go shopping. Gorgeous. US headline consumer prices increased by 0.1 per cent in March -- as expected -- taking annual ...

Paradox of thrift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... from being out of the woods." The very reason why the Fed is not expected to raise interest rates anytime soon. "Many Americans are still grappling with unemployment or foreclosure or both." And speaking of credit, Greece created a stir again last night ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... yields are now back to their pre-crisis levels? Inflation? Sovereign risk? Whatever the reason, with over 8 million Americans still unable to find jobs and not a few still struggling to make mortgage payments, the result would be a loud collective "Ouch"! ...