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Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... its fifth straight and more than expectations for a 0.1% gain - after a 0.2% increase in the previous month. Similarly, jobless claims continued to decline, dropping to 348K in the week ended 17 March - the least since February 2008 and less than the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... fell 45.57 points (0.35 per cent), finishing at 13,124.62. More important data is due out of the US this week, including jobless figures, along with manufacturing data out of China on Thursday. CMC Markets sales trader Miguel Audencial said that while ...

Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... point summit reached on 9 October 2007. The good news: The US labour market is not only improving, it's gaining momentum. Jobless claims fell by a more than expected 14K in the week ending 9 March to a four-year low of 351K. The less volatile four-week ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... Composite gained 15.64 points (0.51 per cent) to 3,056.37. Some positive data buoyed confidence in the economy. Weekly jobless claims held onto their downward trajectory, while surveys of manufacturing in New York and the mid-Atlantic region showed activity ...

Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
Market action over the past few days brought home one realisation - Greece still matters. The sell on 'no swap' buy on 'swap' trades made this all the more apparent. Yes, Virgie, we can close our eyes, ears and noses and pretend that it's been banished ...

Good memories

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... it's released on Friday night. Markets expect the report to show that total payrolls increased by 210K in Feb and for the jobless rate to remain steady at 8.3%. Gauging by that other labour market indicator released overnight, it looks likely that expectations ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... It's getting better all the time Better, better, better." It's getting better in the US. The latest instalment of the jobless claims report shows the four-week moving average of claims at its lowest level in four years. And while the ISM manufacturing ...

No please explain needed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... been uneven and modest by historical standards." And while the Big B doesn't expect further "substantial declines" in the jobless rate, in the same breath he stressed that, "employment trends have improved somewhat in recent months". And oh, he also ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... mid-year correction this time around. The big one of course is the continued improvement in the labour market. The US jobless rate averaged 9.6% in 2010 and 9.0% last year. It's been steadily dropping since September 2011 and was clocked at 8.3% as at ...

Thrilla in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... when latest stats add to the continued flow of better-than-expected indicators we've seen over the past few months. US jobless claims steadied at 351,000 in the week ended 18 Feb, the least since Macrh 2008 and better than expectations for a rise to ...