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US growth disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... fourth quarter real GDP was revised lower from positive 0.6 percent to a minus 0.2 percent. More negative news. US initial jobless claims climbed to 448,000 in the week ending July 26 -- the highest since April 2003 and worse than forecasts of a decline ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... disappointed investors. Investors were also concerned about Labor Department data saying that the number of people seeking jobless benefits jumped to the highest level in five years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 205.67 points, or 1.78 per cent ...

Who's next to confess?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... they are picking up a little steam,' Today, markets will receive updates on Japanese employment and retail sales. Japan's jobless rate is expected to remain at 4.0 percent in June and the job-to-applicants ratio is expected to fall to 0.91 in the same ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... from June's level of 50.2. Japan: The employment report, out on Tuesday, will kick things off in Japan. The country's jobless rate is expected to remain at 4.0 percent in June and the job-to-applicants ratio is expected to fall to 0.91 in the same month ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... 19,700 jobs were lost but that the unemployment rate steadied at 4.3 per cent in May. While Australia's seasonally adjusted jobless rate remains low by historical standards, the trend unemployment rate series has started to turn up. Pressure on company ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... average slid 2.13 per cent, as investors sold stocks across the board after record oil prices and the biggest jump in the US jobless rate in 22 years revived worries about the economic outlook. The benchmark Nikkei shed 308.06 points to 14,181.38, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... higher after US stocks rallied sharply amid strong reports from retailers and data showed a surprising fall in weekly jobless claims. Energy stocks are expected to benefit from a large jump in the price of oil after falling sharply yesterday. On the ...

Record jobless rate not feeding a wage spiral

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
The lowest jobless rate in more than three decades is not producing a wage rise spiral, a report shows. Total pay rates, which include bonuses and overtime, increased by 7.5 per cent in the year to May, the Melbourne Institute quarterly wages report ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... sentiment. The unemployment number probably put a rate rise back on the agenda so that's negative as well," Mr Betts said. The jobless rate dropped to a 33-year low in February of 4.0 per cent, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. At 1203 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... drop in the index of business conditions since January 2001. That overshadowed earlier optimism about a decline in weekly jobless claims data. Merrill Lynch & Co fuelled more concerns about the health of the financial sector when it reported about $US16 ...