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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... hopes that it would draw a line under the eurozone debt crisis. Also in Spain, government data showed that the nation's jobless queue grew by nearly half a million people in the year to September. Spain has been in recession since late 2011, its second ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... all, "Euro-Region Unemployment Rate Rises to Record 11.4%" in August. Nah, this is plain wrong. Revisions show that the jobless stats were already at this level back in June and July. Spain had the highest rate with 25.1% -- I repeat, Buena suerte Senor ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... exports in the year to August - the 3rd consecutive decline and the biggest drop in six months. Wait... there's more. US jobless claims fell by less than expected to 382k last week and the week before that was revised up to 385K from 382K. Also, the ...

Fall on the Wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... to an annualised rate of 372,000 and voila! QE's gone. And before you believe the negative headlines on last night's US jobless claims report - claims climbed by 4,000 to a larger than expected and a one month high of 372K in the week ended 18 August ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... points at 4,293, with 8,381 contracts traded. US stocks closed higher following two flat days, helped by fresh data on jobless claims and housing construction that added evidence the economy is growing steadily. Markets were also spurred by comments ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the US bourses posted solid gains following jobless claims and housing construction data indicated economic growth. At 0755 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... than the 100K expected. Yippee! But this is not enough to shift growth into higher gear and reduce unemployment - the jobless rate rose to 8.3% in July from 8.2% in the previous month. The July jobs data is the best hiring month in five moons and according ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... 500-stock index advanced 25.99 points (1.90 per cent) to 1,390.99. The United States added 163,000 jobs in July and the jobless rate ticked up a tenth of one per cent to 8.3 per cent, the Labor Department said. Most analysts expected 100,000 jobs would ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... climb because company earnings were beating lowered estimates. Never mind the latest string of disappointing eco stats - jobless claims, index of leading indicators, Philadelphia Fed index and existing home sales. They just bring Uncle Ben closer to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... S&P 500 fell 6.69 points (0.50 per cent) to 1,334.76. Earlier in the day the Labour Department reported 350,000 initial jobless claims were filed in the holiday-shortened week ending July 7. That was a decrease of 26,000 from the prior week's upwardly ...