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It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... one without the other (yeah, yeah you can have money and marriage too, or love without marriage). It doesn't compute. US jobless claims up by more than expected last week - the biggest since the last week of March. US housing starts plunged in April ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... assets amid concerns about the US economic recovery. US economic figures, released overnight, show a sharp jump in weekly jobless claims while the number of housing construction starts fell 16.5 per cent in April. The US Labor Department reported that ...

Not strong enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... to payrolls in April that took to 196K the average monthly gain in jobs this year from around 180K in 2012. Fresh new jobless claims data - released on the same day as Plosser revealed to the world his thoughts - showed initial claims for unemployment ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

May Day happy day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... May day happy day in a span of less than 24 hours. Must be all those algos reading those cheery headlines overnight: US Jobless Claims Fall To 5-Year Low (WSJ) ECB 'ready' for more action after rate cut (FT) All good. Everything's well again. Forget ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... following strong gains on Wall Street after an expected European Central Bank interest rate cut and a surprisingly good US jobless claims report. At 0730 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 28 points at 5,149. In economic ...

Don't be disappointed if the ECB disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... financing." Greece with its 27.2% unemployment rate and minus 0.2% inflation certainly needs a rate cut. So does Spain (26.3% jobless rate and 2.4% inflation) and Portugal (16.9% and 0.4%) and Italy (11.6% and 1.6%). If only the ECB's largesse get through ...

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... give it scope to do so while disappointment over the less than expected employment gain last month (and the rise in the jobless rate to 5.6%) makes the call even more convincing. Ahh yes...surprises - on the up and the down. Rate hike calls in March ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday added 24.50 points, or 0.17 per cent, to 14,700.80 points after improved jobless claims data and a mixed bag of corporate earnings. New claims for US unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street gained on positive US jobless figures. At 0754 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 5,127. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...