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Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... (Bloomberg). And financial markets reached this conclusion because? Because of that volatile weekly report that showed US jobless claims decreased by 7,000 to 395,000 in the week ended 6 August. This is good -- it's better than expectations for an increase ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... that now isn't the time to launch a new round of stimulus measures, comments that overshadowed a decline in US weekly jobless claims to the lowest point in three months. The prospect of a vote of confidence in the Italian senate on the government's EUR40 ...

QE3 - yes, no, maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... the key and press the button to launch QE3. And this regard, data out overnight still provides no clear direction. US jobless claims fell by 22,000 to 405k in the week ended 9 July. This is lower than expectations of a decline to 415K and the lowest ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... That nagging, niggling bugbear of America's economy - its labour market has done a boing! Reports last night showed that jobless claims dropped by 14,000 to 418K in the week ended 2 July. This is better than median expectations for a drop to 420K. Who ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... 11-month low, while in Europe a key indicator on manufacturing activity fell to a 20-month low in June. In the US, initial jobless claims for the week ending June 18 were higher than expected, and new home sales fell 2.1 per cent in May, underlining ...

Big Benny and little Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... just yesterday -- and data out while we were sleeping confirmed his prognosis. US Labor Department figures showed that jobless claims increased by 9,000 to 429,000 in the week ended 18 June - exceeding market expectations for a gain to 415,000. Regular ...

The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... revised lower the outlook for his country's economic growth and predicted that there'd be more of his countrymen joining the jobless ranks. The Fed now thinks real GDP would grow between 2.7 per cent and 2.9 per cent this year - down from its April estimate ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... will continue, but the Chinese demand story is intact, and last night in the US we got stronger-than-expected reads on jobless claims and on the housing market." On the local bourse on Friday at 1028 AEST, oil and gas producer Santos was five cents higher ...

VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... cyberspace - professional or otherwise - it was because America's economy is no longer deteriorating. Two reports proved it. US jobless claims declined by 16,000 to 414,000 in the week ended 11 June. This is good. The US economy is gaining strength because ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... Because the unemployment rate would either go the other way or remain steady. Not in May -- there was no hiding in May. The jobless rate rose to 9.1 percent in the month from 9.0 per cent in April and against expectations for a drop to 8.9 percent. Blame ...