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Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... within the realm of statistical noise and the BLS update of its population estimates may have accounted for the lower jobless rate. The bottomline is that the US labour market is not growing fast enough for comfort. But those looking for equity market ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... other issue is, of course, concern about the unemployment rate and the pace of recovery in the US. "The overnight (US) jobless claims disappointed, and Greece, Portugal and Spain all look like they could be in trouble. So this is quite serious. "It tells ...

Miranda Kerr and the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... level in two months and more than market expectations for a decline to 460,000. There are fears that the trend decline in jobless claims that started in March last year could be stalling. Not good for America's labour market. Not good for beefing up ...

RBA mixes its game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... 2011....In Australia, economic conditions have been stronger than expected, after a mild downturn a year ago." Just look at the jobless rate - now thought to have peaked (at 5.8 per cent) - which fell to 5.5 per cent in December and the boost to retail ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Running of the bulls. Peppered with undeniably wonderful set of numbers, Wall Street couldn't have it any other way overnight. The Dow closed 1.2 per cent higher - the biggest daily advance in about a month - the S&P 500 surged 1.4 per cent and the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... was yet another worry for investors who have been focused on politics, not the economy. The Labor Department said weekly jobless claims fell by less than expected last week and the Commerce Department reported that durable goods orders didn't rise as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... profits at those companies. The market was mixed earlier as good earnings news was tempered by an unexpected jump in initial jobless claims. The Labor Department said workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose by 36,000 to 482,000 ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... The unemployment rate remains at double-digits -- looked at another way, 6.9 million workers lost their jobs last year. Jobless claims have again risen. And financial markets were surprised that US consumer confidence and retail spending didn't print ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... cent in the previous month. And no, this wasn't caused by a drop in the participation rate like the one that kept the US jobless rate unchanged at 10 per cent in December. Jobs were actually created - all 35,200 of them! This was a big surprise for the ...

Juice flow to continue in 2010

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2010
... US economy doubled back. Unemployment increased from 14.3 per cent in 1937 to 19 per cent a year later. The number of jobless more than doubled from 5 million to 12 million. Industrial production plunged by more than 30 per cent and capital investment ...