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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... percentage point to 5.8 per cent, its lowest level since July 2008. Analysts said the report marked another month of job growth above 200,000, but was not strong enough to prod the Federal Reserve to shift from its plan to keep interest rates low well ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... week. The improvement in claims, a sign of the pace of layoffs, came a day ahead of the Labor Department's January job growth and unemployment data. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia issues its Statement on Monetary Policy. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... expected by analysts. Analysts do not expect significant market swings ahead of the Labor Department report on January job growth and unemployment on Friday. LONDON - European equities failed to get a boost from solid economic data out of the eurozone ...

Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... and the federal government now under a lot of pressure to rein in spending, then the halcyon days of public sector job growth are probably behind us, at least for the short-term," she said. "The fact that the dollar is falling will make our export industries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... Composite Index sank 29.66 (0.89 per cent) to 3,299.13. Wednesday's losses came after the ADP job report showed April job growth fell to the slowest level in seven months. Markets were also disappointed by an Institute for Supply Management report that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... near-term to push stock prices meaningfully higher." LONDON - European equity markets have nosedived after data showing US job growth was much weaker than expected in March, signalling a slowdown in the world's biggest economy. Amid the gloom, airline ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... calendar year." The CBO estimates that it could reduce economic growth by at least 0.6 percentage points and reduce job growth by 750,000 jobs. Coupled with this year's payroll tax cut expiration and the higher tax rates on high-income households, the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... expected, and the jobless rate inched up to 7.9 per cent. But revised data for all of 2012 heartened markets, with net job growth at an average of 181,000 a month, up from a prior estimate of 153,000. The all-time Dow closing high was 14,164.53 on October ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... cent, to 4,504.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks clawed back early sharp losses on disappointing data on private-sector job growth Wednesday, with the Nasdaq index ending in the black while the Dow closed with a minimal loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... jobs report on Friday sent US stocks soaring, pushing the Dow to pre-crisis levels, as investors celebrated a surge in job growth that pointed to new vitality in the fragile recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 156.82 points (1.23 per cent) ...