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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... issue is, of course, concern about the unemployment rate and the pace of recovery in the US. "The overnight (US) jobless claims disappointed, and Greece, Portugal and Spain all look like they could be in trouble. So this is quite serious. "It tells the ...

Miranda Kerr and the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... two months and more than market expectations for a decline to 460,000. There are fears that the trend decline in jobless claims that started in March last year could be stalling. Not good for America's labour market. Not good for beefing up the case ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... another worry for investors who have been focused on politics, not the economy. The Labor Department said weekly jobless claims fell by less than expected last week and the Commerce Department reported that durable goods orders didn't rise as fast as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... those companies. The market was mixed earlier as good earnings news was tempered by an unexpected jump in initial jobless claims. The Labor Department said workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose by 36,000 to 482,000 last week. ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... unemployment rate remains at double-digits -- looked at another way, 6.9 million workers lost their jobs last year. Jobless claims have again risen. And financial markets were surprised that US consumer confidence and retail spending didn't print as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... trading on Wall Street, where investors reacted positively to news that the US trade deficit narrowed and that jobless claims maintained a downward trend. The London FTSE 1OO index rose 40.48points, or 0.78 per cent to close at 5,244.37. FRANKFURT - ...

Back on the road again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... consumption had been boosted by the "cash for clunkers" program and together with last night's worse than expected jobless claims report - indicating continued deterioration in the US labour market - puts a question mark over its sustainability, particularly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... unemployment benefits. The market shook off a weak start in early trading as investors weighed fresh data showing new jobless claims rising again after dropping for two weeks. But stocks climbed rapidly as more companies reported better than expected ...

Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... manufacturing index was offset by a spike in the Empire State manufacturing survey (one) and a drop in initial jobless claims (and a half). Similarly, stronger-than-expected US industrial production and better-than-forecasts retail sales dulled disappointment ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... passed the treacherous waters of recession. New claims have declined by 18 per cent from its peak in April 2009. Jobless claims fell by 15 per cent from their peak before the 1990/91 recession ended. They fell by 19 per cent before the 2001 recession ...