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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... positive, with an upward revision in the second quarter GDP growth figure to 1.3 per cent, and a sharp fall in weekly jobless benefits claims. Meanwhile, Germany's approval of the EU's July 21 plan gave hopes that it would pass all 17 eurozone states ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... eurozone hit reverse in September for the first time in more than two years. The US Labor Department said new initial jobless claims dropped last week, but remained at the painfully high level of 423,000, reflecting the persistent weakness of the US ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... since last November to minus 8.8 - more than half the minus 4 markets' expected - from minus 7.7 in August. Similarly, US jobless claims rose by 11,000 last week to 428,000 heads - more than the 418,000 markets' expected. The four-week average of claims ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... stand at 2,607.07. The markets were strong from the opening but fell off after a series of economic indicators - on weekly jobless insurance claims, inflation, and business conditions - reinforced beliefs that the economy is stagnating. But stock prices ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... month, which pushed both broad-market indices dipped into the negative territory just before noon AEST. "People thought the jobless rate would stay stable at 5.1 per cent," RBS Morgans private client adviser Craig Walker said. "So that news was probably ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... above analysts' expectations. A number above 50 reflects expansion. Separately, US government data showed that initial jobless claims fell by 12,000 in the week ending August 27, but still remained stubbornly high at 409,000. Bond prices climbed. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... Philadelphia showed manufacturing activity took a sharp hit in August, falling to -30.7 from 3.2 in July. In addition, US jobless claims rose back above the 400,000 threshold. "If we get any more movement away from risk appetite this evening then we ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... Philadelphia showed manufacturing activity took a sharp hit in August, falling to -30.7 from 3.2 in July. In addition, US jobless claims rose back above the 400,000 threshold, around 6,000 higher than the market had forecast. Mr Jukes said a report by ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... negative US stats released at the same time MS whispered 'R'. No, I am not referring to the up again down again weekly jobless claims. It was down last week, remember? And financial markets concluded that no US recession is in the offing. It was up last ...

A penny saved could spark a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
"Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge I'm trying not to lose my head, ah-huh-huh-huh" - The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Recession worries, it seems, travel fast. After doing a tour of the USA, they are now doing the rounds ...