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Skilled vacancies index up 1.7% in November

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
Australia's jobs boom shows no sign of slowing after new figures today showed vacancies for skilled workers rose 1.7 per cent in November. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) said its skilled vacancies index rose to 114.9 in ...

ALP launches new superannuation plan, emphasising simplicity

... for Australia's level of household savings to increase as that will contribute to economic growth and the creation of new jobs for Australians.

Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds both ease on stronger US data

... showing US businesses hired more than twice the number of workers expected in October. The US economy added 126,000 nonfarm jobs last month, marking the third straight monthly gain, while the unemployment rate slipped to 6.0 per cent from 6.1 per cent ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar opens weaker

The Australian dollar opened stronger today after the US dollar weakened on profit taking in the wake of a strong US jobs number, a trader said. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7090/97 compared with Friday's close of 0.7072/77. ...

Lure of high yields attracts global fund investments in Australia

... rate as long back as in mid-1981." He did point to what he called possible quirk that could explain the rise in part-time jobs. That being the current Rugby World Cup, which is likely having a positive effect on employment figures. When asked about the ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar weaker after US jobless claims plunge

... or economic news expected. In Britain shares rose overnight, but US stocks were mixed, as investors waited for a crucial jobs report due out today. Yesterday, the Australian share market swung into positive territory just before the close, despite being ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weaker, but responding to low unemployment rate

... surge of 69,200 in employment over the month. Markets had been expecting the jobless rate to edge back up to six per cent and jobs to grow by a more subdued 20,000. Australian bonds were weaker at noon as the rosy domestic employment picture pushed yields ...

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

... 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 will scour Friday's jobs data in an effort to discern whether September's modest ...

Melbourne Cup Day looms as d-day for interest rates

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... reported economic growth of 7.2 per cent for the year to September, although the gains have failed to translate into more jobs. Australia's economy is expected to record annual growth of 2.1 per cent for the year to September, as quarterly growth speeds ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar gets handle over 70 US cents

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2003
... weaker at noon as the theme of economic recovery in the United States returned to dominate market sentiment after strong US jobs data overnight. At 1200 AEST the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was at 5.670 per cent from 5.580 at yesterday's ...