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Jobless rate stuck at 14-year lows in November: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
More than 20,000 jobs were created in November, new figures showed today, keeping the jobless rate at a near 14-year low of 5.6 per cent. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said businesses put on 27,900 full-time staff in November but a fall ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market lower at noon

... opening a fraction below 74 US cents. The Australian bond market was stronger at noon, ignoring the better than expected jobs figures. At 1200 AEDT the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was at 5.855 per cent from 5.860 at yesterday's ...

Economists expect a small rise in employment in November

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
Economists expect a small rise in jobs in November to have kept Australia's unemployment rate very close to the near 14-year lows it hit in October. Last month a surprise rise of 69,200 jobs pushed the unemployment rate to 5.6 per cent from 5.8 per ...

Afternoon market wrap: shares dip lower

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
... growth of 3.0 per cent earlier in the year. On Wall Street on Friday, stocks fell after a report showing surprisingly soft US jobs growth and a disappointing outlook from Intel Corp curbed optimism over the strength of the economic recovery. The Dow ...

Increase in newspaper and internet job advertisements: ANZ

... increase, although a small one, making this the longest sequence of consecutive increases since 1994-95. The increase in internet jobs represent the highest level of internet job advertising since March 2001. "Last month's increase in interest rates ...

Midday market wrap: shares edge higher

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
... economic outlook offset the impact of falls on Wall St on Friday. The US market responded badly to a surprisingly soft US jobs growth and a disappointing outlook from Intel Corp curbed optimism over the strength of the economic recovery. The Dow Jones ...

HSBC to cut 450 jobs in worldwide review

... almost a third of its profit, as potentially offering the highest growth among its businesses. Following the loss of 1400 jobs its UK head office because of national insurance costs; the Bank cut 90 equities positions in its London, New York and European ...

Simon Crean steps down from Labor leadership

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
... be, well. \"Right through my life in politics and in the trade union movements I\'ve never been afraid to take on the high jobs.\" Mr Crean said he had reformed party rules, rejected small target politics and released alternative policies. With wife ...

66,000 new jobs in Australia for February quarter: forecast

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2003
More than 60,000 new jobs will be created across Australia in the 2003/04 February quarter, according to a new report out today. The second quarterly Sydney Morning Herald Employment Forecast said the global economic recovery and a rebound in tourism ...

Treasury warns on global recovery

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
... cent," Mr Howard said. Wages had risen but increases in productivity kept inflation subdued. New figures show Australia's jobs boom was set to continue, after new figures today showed vacancies for skilled workers rose 1.7 per cent in November. The Department ...