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Lift Janet lift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... rose by 8.1% to 5.75 million in July from 5.32 million in the previous month. And just last night, we learned that jobless claims dropped by 6,000 to 275K in the week ended 5 September - the 27th consecutive week below 300K (the level generally considered ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... index closing at a new all-time record high of 2121.10 points overnight. The headlined rationale is that the US jobless claims report reported overnight is good for the economy but the accelerating deflation in producer prices of final demand - down ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... overnight show that America's economy is gathering pace after the first quarter speed bump, muchas gracias. US jobless claims for the week ended 25 April fell to their lowest level in 15-years - suggesting an improvement in the official employment report ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... accept Greek government debt as collateral for LTRO and/or TLTRO no more, no more, no more. For good measure, US jobless claims stats came in lower than market expectations, spurring speculation that tomorrow's US non-farm payrolls would reveal continuing ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... 0.7 per cent - the most in eight months - as shoppers benefited from an improving job market and cheaper fuel. Jobless claims decreased by 3,000 to 294,000 in the week ended December 6, a Labor Department report showed. In local economic news on Friday ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... spending, a rise in durable goods orders, and a modest increase in new-home sales. The Labor Department reported higher jobless claims for the week ending November 22. Gregori Volokhine, president of Meeschaert Capital Markets, said some of the reports ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... $US4.2 billion (3.4 billion euros) for attempting to rig foreign exchange markets. However higher than expected US jobless claims sent major European indices briefly negative, before bouncing back on investor Warren Buffet's $US4.7 billion takeover of ...

Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... recommended I read next "based on my reading history", U.S. Stocks Rise With Dollar, Bonds Drop on Growth Bets Jobless Claims in U.S. at 14-Year Low Over Past Month Leading Indicators Index Shows U.S. Economy to Keep Growing Euro-Area Manufacturing Grows ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... overnight can make it drop - pending home sales soared to their highest level one month short of a year, weekly jobless claims came in higher than expected and second quarter real GDP growth was revised higher to an annual rate of 4.2% from 4.0%. Stats ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... company results and strong offshore leads. Wall Street's Dow Jones finished 0.37 per cent higher overnight, after jobless claims increased but overall data continued to suggest an improving labour market. CMC Markets analyst Michael McCarthy said volumes ...