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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... Share Price Index contract was 153 points lower at 4,578. In news today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases labour force quarter data for August. Bell Financial Group and Jabiru Metals Ltd hold general meetings. In Canberra, the ACCI/Westpac ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... addresses the Australian Institute of Company Directors Luncheon in Sydney. Last week's better-than-expected Australian labour force report confirms the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) view that although the domestic economy has downshifted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... up 12 points, or 0.24 per cent to 4,925. In economic news today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release labour force data for August. Westpac and the Melbourne Institute will release their index of consumer inflation expectations. It's day ...

Eyes on the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the Australian Labour Force report today. Market expectations centre on a meager 5K increase in jobs in July and the unemployment rate to rise to 4.3 percent. This forecast represents a softening from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... Industry Association Australian Performance of Construction Index for July, and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labour force data for July. Tabcorp Holdings Ltd releases its annual results. The Australian share market gained more than three per ...

Market Movers (10 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release June Labour Force data at 11:30 AM today. Labour market surveys released earlier this week point to continuing weakness on the jobs front. The ANZ job ads survey released last Monday showed the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... index futures contract fell 65 points to 4,929. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its labour force data for June. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer inflation expectations for June is also due. In company news ...

Unemployment stays steady

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... 20,000 during May but the unemployment rate has remained steady on 4.2 per cent. The ABS has just reported the latest Labour Force figures and they show almost no change in the key metrics of participation and the unemployment rate. But despite the steady-state ...

Self-employed lack super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... retirement savings of Australia's self-employed compared with wage and salary earners within the wider Australian labour force," said ASFA chief executive, Pauline Vamos. According to the research, the average super balance for self-employed males in ...

Market wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... exchange, the June share price index was down 90 points at 5,370. In economic data, the Bureau of Statistics releases labour force data for May. In Sydney today, BHP Billiton Ltd chief executive Marius Kloppers speaks at `Sharing Insights - Resources' ...