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Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index was offset by a spike in the Empire State manufacturing survey (one) and a drop in initial jobless claims (and a half). Similarly, stronger-than-expected US industrial production and better-than-forecasts retail sales ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... attract foreign capital into American shores without risking further contraction in the economy. Oh no sir! Not while jobless Americans are still growing in number. Tourists could indeed find themselves computing their spending money in euros or in yens ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... may still be battling headwinds but is heading in the right direction. Last night's data showing that initial claims for jobless benefits for the week ended 3 October - a 10-month low - confirms this. Even better, the four-week moving average of new ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... fell $1.03, or 2.02 per cent, to $49.87. Overnight, Wall Street shares tumbled as an unexpected jump in weekly initial jobless claims and a disappointing survey on manufacturing stoked concerns over economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

October - an E (entry/exit) point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... 52.9 in the previous month. Interpretation: growth will be stunted, profits constrained, stock prices correct. Initial jobless claims rose to 551,000 last week when the market was only expecting it to climb to 535,000. Interpretation: US labour market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... or 0.79 per cent, to 4702.0. NEW YORK - Wall Street shares tumbled on Thursday as an unexpected jump in weekly initial jobless claims and a disappointing survey on manufacturing stoked concerns over economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Wealth effect turns positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... previous month. There was also good news for those who remain worried about the state of the US labour market. Initial jobless claims fell to 545,000 last week, a 12,000 improvement from the week before. But before you pop out the cork, the report also ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... declining sales even though it matched Wall Street's earnings target. Meanwhile, the Labor Department reported that new jobless claims fell by 12,000 to 545,000 in the week ending September 12 from the previous week's revised figure of 557,000. The figure ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... jumped to $US32 billion ($A37.08 billion), up from a revised $US27.5 billion in June. A separate report showed new US jobless claims fell to 550,000 in the past week in a sign of further healing in the critical labor market. LONDON - European stock markets ...

Lucky, lucky, lucky

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... to rise. The unemployment rate is at 5.8 per cent. Hold on! Didn't someone say earlier this year that by this time, the jobless rate would be in the 7 per cent plus level? Businesses and consumers are growing more optimistic. Etcetera. Etcetera. Take ...