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Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... Yet in the same week that the IMF slashed 2015 and 2016 global growth projections and after the disappointing September US jobs numbers (and nothing to suggest that China's bouncing back), financial markets sang hallelujah. And why? And why is because ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... which increases the likelihood that there'll be something for everyone... of whatever persuasion. Still, even if Friday's US jobs report come in strong all over, there's still financial market volatility and China to worry about. A whip of a September ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell slightly following a mixed US jobs report and as investors awaited Greece's weekend referendum over its economic fate. At 0805 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... worries about overcapacity. Analysts said the market continued to weigh the implications of Friday's surprisingly good US jobs report, especially for the Federal Reserve's plans for an interest rate hike. The jobs report "was a game changer that people ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... June payments, 1.6 billion euros ($A2.32 billion) worth, into one due on June 30. Investors are looking ahead to the May US jobs report and a policy announcement from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Both are scheduled for Friday. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... 7 billion euros to the European Central Bank. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mostly higher on Monday after a healthy US jobs report last week. Investor sentiment was also boosted by China's decision to cut interest rates for the third time in six months. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... year. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were broadly higher, but some leading indexes surrendered gains as investors eyed a US jobs report that will supply more clues about the strength of the world's top economy. Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index on Friday ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... current cycle. Then again, even if Y&C have given a tick of approval for a June strike at their March meeting, the latest US jobs figures - delivered after they've concluded their tete-a-tete - might give them pause for a re-think. US employment disappointed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... unemployment rate down to 5.5%, the lowest level since May 2008. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the US jobs news was the key driver behind the Australian market's fall. "The reason for that is that it has changed the market's outlook ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open markedly lower following sharp falls on Wall Street after a strong US jobs report raising expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. At 0812 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...