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AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
... Statistics reveals March and march quarter retail trade data. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied after slower-than-expected job growth in April hinted at a possible pause in interest-rate increases. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed for the fifth straight ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
... unveils its weekly bond tender. NEW YORK - US stocks fell as investors fretted that a stronger-than-expected March job growth report will give the Federal Reserve more ammunition to push interest rates higher, overshadowing hopes for robust corporate ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2006
... - US stocks rallied, driving the Dow up more than 100 points, as a government report showed stronger-than-expected job growth in February, signaling to Wall Street that the economy can expand even as interest rates rise. The stock market also benefited ...

Market Wrap

... bought semiconductor shares, including Intel, amid signs of growth in the economy. A government report showed robust US job growth in November, slightly above market expectations, but the report also revived concerns that too much growth could prompt ...

US March job growth at four-year high, stuns market

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
US employment rose last month at the fastest pace in nearly four years as hiring jumped in a wide array of industries, the government said on Friday in a surprisingly strong report that stunned financial markets. The report, which showed the labor market ...

Fed leaves US rates unchanged, pledges patience

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2004
... policy-makers feel scant pressure to boost credit costs despite a strengthening economy because inflation remains muted and job growth is anemic. Bond prices rose on the emphasis on patience while the dollar was largely unmoved by the news.

Signs of slowing in property-related sectors: index

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2003
... services. All component indexes remained above the critical 50-point mark in November, although sales, new orders, and job growth eased. Commonwealth Bank chief economist Michael Blythe said a robust services sector was putting a solid floor under the ...

66,000 new jobs in Australia for February quarter: forecast

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2003
... take some of the sting out of the looming property slowdown and help drive the creation of 66,000 jobs. The biggest job growth areas in the quarter nationally were expected to be in retail and property and business services, it said. Rising interest ...
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