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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... bourses overnight with investors still unnerved by US gross domestic figures. Investors were surprised by the US Commerce Department figures showing the world's biggest economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.1 per cent in the October-December quarter. ...

Sandy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... to growth. This looks achievable especially if the latest uptrend in US consumer spending continues. The US Commerce Department reports that household expenditure - that which accounts for 70% of the economy - rose by 0.8% in September following a 0.5% ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
Australia's trading session had already called it off for the week when the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released the better-than-expected scorecard for the economy. But don't despair Virginia, we didn't miss much. Better ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... around their performance quick smart," Mr McCarthy said. Wall Street's major indices lost ground after the US Commerce Department revised its forecast of first quarter economic growth from 2.2 per cent to 1.9 per cent. US jobs data was also disappointing ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... confidence is not just one shown in the higher index reading. There's action behind this as evidenced by the US Commerce Department's report that business inventories increased by a higher-than-expected 0.7% in January - the largest since October. Increased ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... the US and Europe overnight. The US economy picked up more speed than expected in the fourth quarter. The US Commerce Department's upward revision said the world's largest economy grew at an annual clip of 3.0 per cent in the final three months of 2012. ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... the corner - expect a lotta more shopping to go on - and that's why am in Christmas countdown mode. The US Commerce Department reports that retail spending increased by 0.5% in October following a 1.1% gain in the previous month. This was more than market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... There was little action in economic news -- a September reading on personal spending and income from the US Commerce Department was in line with expectations. The bond market rallied. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 2.31 per cent from 2.40 ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... is needed to stabilise the eurozone." At least there was some hopeful news out of the US last night. The US Commerce Department revised up second quarter real GDP to an annualised growth rate of 1.3% -- a bit better than market expectations for a 1.2% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... to 1,210.08, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite shot up 82.26 points (3.32 per cent) to 2,562.11. The US Commerce Department reported that consumer spending, a pillar of the world's largest economy, rebounded 0.8 per cent in July, after a 0.1 per ...