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IMF predicts drop in foreign earnings

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... seen the greatest increase in production capacity from Australia and Brazil. The IMF also predicts Australia's unemployment rate will rise to 6.4% in 2016, up from 6.2% in 2015.

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... NY that, "Despite slowing in March, job creation has been particularly strong over the past two years... the unemployment rate probably understates the amount of slack still remaining in the labor market". Say whaaa? Is he arguing for an early or later ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... growth accelerated from 1.7% in the June quarter of 2013 to 2.7% as at the December quarter of last year. The unemployment rate was at 7.7% in July 2013, it's now at 5.7% (January 2015). If I remember correctly, financial market's money were for the ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... its January meeting: Non-farm payrolls up by 329K in December that followed a 423K surge in November and the unemployment rate dropping from 5.8% to 5.6% in December. The Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) advanced to a reading of 7.1 in December from ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... interest rates low. The Australian market enjoyed its best gains in almost a month on Thursday after a fall in the unemployment rate, and CommSec market analyst Juliana Roadley said Friday's fall was a reaction to those gains. "We've probably seen a ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... markets recovered slightly from a recent sell-off. Sydney shares were given a lift by data showing Australia's unemployment rate had eased slightly, while South Korea became the latest country to cut interest rates as it struggles to fight off deflation. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. The US economy added 295,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate down to 5.5%, the lowest level since May 2008. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the US jobs news was the ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... expectations for a 230K add) last month on top of solid gains of 239K in January and December's 329K increase. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.5% in February from 5.7% the previous month and expectations for a 5.6% print. It's so lookin' good for ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... down 64 points at 5,826. The Labor Department said the US economy added 295,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate down two tenths to 5.5 per cent, the lowest level since May 2008. In local economic news on Monday, the ANZ job advertisements ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... spending on buildings and equipments -- expect them to reduce investment in staff numbers too. January's 6.4% unemployment rate - the highest in nearly 13 years - to rise. Not surprisingly, confidence among consumers remains a no show. While the ANZ-Roy ...