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| | | Australia's jobless rate rose to 5.9% in February, new figures showed today, from a revised 5.8% in January. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said full-time jobs fell for the first time since June last year, with 13,100 positions lost in the ... |
| | | | Treasurer Peter Costello today said Australia was getting close to full employment at its current jobless rate. Figures for February put the jobless rate at 5.7%, up from several months at 5.6%, a level which has not been bettered since the early 1980s. ... |
| | | | U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as investors locked in gains from the previous session after disappointing jobless claims data and lackluster earnings news. No. 2 computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. dragged down the Dow Jones industrial average after saying ... |
| | | | ... rate hike next month as figures showed unemployment remained at 14-year lows. Treasurer Peter Costello said the December jobless rate of 5.6%, the same as November, was further proof of continuing strength in the Australian economy. He said the unemployment ... |
| | | | The jobless rate for December remained steady at a 14-year low of 5.6%, new figures showed today. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that total employment rose by 29,600 to 9.66 million, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Full-time ... |
| | | | More than 20,000 jobs were created in November, new figures showed today, keeping the jobless rate at a near 14-year low of 5.6 per cent. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said businesses put on 27,900 full-time staff in November but a fall ... |
| | | | ... last night's response, it might not get much of a reaction locally. Upcoming data includes durable goods orders, weekly jobless claims and the Feds' beige book. "The data would have to be well away from consensus to trigger any response," he said. The ... |
| | | | ... the year were for metal workers, the printing trades and electrical and electronic trades. In the last three months, the jobless rate has fallen to 14-year lows. |
| | | | ... in a worrying sign for future inflation, the survey showed employment costs edged up in the three-month period as the jobless rate plunged to 14-year lows. Both wages and non-wage labour costs rose in November and businesses expected the trend to continue ... |
| | | | ... currencies, a strategist at a major bank said. The US dollar fell against major currencies after disappointing trade deficit and jobless claim numbers cast doubt about the strength of the American economic recovery, offshore analysts said. The analysts ... |
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