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Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... 651,000 workers in February, taking the unemployment rate up to 8.1 per cent - the highest in 25 years. Last month, the jobless rate was 7.6 per cent. Last year, it was 4.8 per cent. For sure this is bad news because of the loss of jobs' flow-on effect ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... January with sales falling in all regions. This was blamed on the weather. There was good news on the jobs front though with jobless claims dipping to 469K against expectations of 470K. The small dip in claims strengthened market conviction that the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... topping analysts' expectations. Wal-Mart raised its dividend by 11 per cent. The drop in home sales followed a report on jobless benefits claims that had raised hopes about the Labor Department's monthly payroll report due out Friday. Initial jobless ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... week's trading. Financial market betting centres on an additional 20,000 jobs lost in February and an increase in the jobless rate to 9.8 per cent. You'll be frozen where you stand too if this is what you're expecting. But apart from Greece -- which ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... index gained 42.38 points, or 1.12 per cent, to 3,811.92 points. TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose on better-than-expected jobless figures, but overall gains were modest amid caution over Greece's debt problems and renewed concern over a US economic recovery ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... measure you use - the price of American homes are again heading south. And then there's also the renewed climb in initial jobless claims. Woe to the US labour market. Good data (and news). Big Ben reiterates his economic conditions "are likely to warrant ...

Trader's market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... "cause" of the decline -- which was the sharp drop in consumer confidence last Wednesday - to the unexpected increase in US jobless claims and the unexpected drop in US durable goods orders. Jobless claims increased by 22,000 to 496K in the week ended ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... efforts to tackle its debt crisis. Closer to home, the market shuddered after the US Labor Department said new claims for US jobless benefits jumped to a three-month high, underscoring ongoing struggles for the labor market and the economic recovery. ...

In the eyes of the beholder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... over the past three trading days. It was up again overnight. But instead of looking at the higher-than-expected weekly jobless claims - up to 473,000 in the week ending 6 Feb against expectations for a drop to 438K, Wall Street looked elsewhere. And ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... expert now seems to be singing from the same songbook. I don't disagree with these reactions. It just amazes me how a jobless rate of 5.3 per cent is now used to describe the strength of the Australian economy and a rationale for an imminent RBA rate ...