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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... global oil service leader Schlumberger Ltd making the greatest gains on the S&P 500. There was an unexpected drop in weekly jobless claims, which could suggest the labour market was holding up. But a report was also out revealing that new-home sales ...

Economic round-up: Rescheduling retirement

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
While jobless figures are expected to fall to another record low, there are interesting anomalies in the job market with full-time positions and participation of older workers both increasing. Bets are on that our jobless figures will have a three in ...

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... its unemployment rate is the highest in Europe at 9.8 per cent - even grimmer for under 24s where around 25 per cent are jobless. It's difficult to say whether Sarkozy will be able to implement the tough, and historically unpopular, reforms needed to ...

Crystal ball gets cloudy in wait for CPI figures

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... earn them a very healthy 18 per cent annually this will equate to an additional $100 million a year for some. Record low jobless figures mean record inflows into the Australian superannuation system, which is escalating demand for investments. Last week's ...

Rate rise spectre saps consumer confidence

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
Flying in the face of a 4.5 per cent jobless rate, strong currency and figures showing 5.5 per cent of household finances have improved in the last month, interest rate uncertainty may account for the latest figures in consumer confidence dipping to ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... will keep its interest rate at its record high 7.25 per cent. The bank feel inflationary pressure has been contained and jobless rate fell to a record low of 3.6 per cent.

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
... inflationary pressure and therefore, more Fed interest rate hikes. The US bond market reacted to reports that while initial jobless claims increased to 308,000 in the week ended 17 June, the monthly average has slowed to an average of 303,000 a week ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
... notwithstanding the increase in the participation rate from 64.4 per cent to 64.5 per cent. Market expectations centred on a jobless rate of 5.1 per cent in May. The male unemployment rate declined to 4.8 per cent in May from 4.9 per cent in the previous ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
... percentage point to 5.1 per cent in April. The male unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 per cent to 4.9 per cent while the jobless rate for female increased by 0.3 percentage points to 5.4 per cent. While the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) trend ...

Daily Economic Update

... The unemployment rate dropped to 5 per cent in March from 5.2 per cent in the previous month. Expectations were for the jobless rate to remain unchanged at 5.2 per cent. The back-to-back higher-than-expected growth in employment could alter views surrounding ...