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Average weekly earnings growth slows in August: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
... figures contrast with yesterday's wage cost index for the September quarter, which showed wage growth picking up as the jobless rate fell.

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar weaker after US jobless claims plunge

... 0.7121/26. Overnight, the local unit edged lower as the US dollar benefited from positive news on the labour market. Weekly US jobless claims plunged by 43,000 to 348,000 - the lowest level since before recession in the world's largest economy - surprising ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares, dollar end higher

... 5.750 per cent from 5.680. The market also anticipates positive economic news out of the United States tonight on weekly jobless claims as well as an upbeat speech from US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan.

Howard says no need for further rate hikes

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2003
... the rise on to borrowers. Farmers and businesses both criticised the move, which came ahead of an expected rise in the jobless rate when employment figures are released tomorrow. National Farmers' Federation spokesman Charles Burke said the rate move ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weaker, but responding to low unemployment rate

... 0.7103, as traders welcomed the robust employment data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It reported that the jobless rate fell to a fresh low of 5.6 per cent in October - the lowest level since Decmeber 1989 - after a surprise surge of 69,200 ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: ASX in positive territory

... Australian share market finished in positive territory today buoyed by signs of a sustained recovery in the United States. Jobless claims in the US fell by 23,000 to 382,000 which CMC Group dealer James Foulsham said gave the market more confidence of ...

Home lending bounces back in August: ABS

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
... encouraged by signs of a pick-up overseas. But economists are predicting an interest rate rise as early as December after the jobless rate yesterday stayed at 13-year lows.

Jobless rate down, could go lower: Costello

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
The jobless rate stayed at a 13-year low of 5.8 per cent in September, new figures showed today, but could go lower according to Treasurer Peter Costello. Costello held a doorstop press conference in Canberra this morning to discuss the figures released ...

Homeowners wait on Reserve Bank decision this morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
... tipping the dollar to break the US70 cents mark by year's end. Jobs figures out later this week are expected to show the jobless rate rose to six per cent in September after hitting a 13-year low of 5.8 per cent in August. If the Reserve Bank decides ...

Economists expect sedate employment growth for September

... back up a little," he said. St George Bank senior economist Tim Crawford expected a drop of 20,000 in employment and a jobless rate of 6%. "It is always a bit tricky after you've had such a big rise as we did last month, so we're a little bit conservative ...