Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 511 - 513 of 513 results for "Jobless"

Federal Treasurer Costello indicates that the economy is very strong

... that today's job figures indicated that the domestic economy was very strong. Official figures which revealed that the jobless rate is at a 13-year low at just 5.8 per cent. "It indicates that the domestic economy in Australia is very strong," said Mr ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds make further gains

... points (0.2%) to finish at 1,028.0. But the bond market garnered succour from a surprising spike to 413,00 in initial jobless claims last week, and also from comments by at least two Fed officials suggesting rate increases were a long way off. The yield ...

Morning market wrap: US shares sharply lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2003
US stocks slumped Thursday, sparked by an earnings report from internet company Yahoo Inc. and news of a surge in jobless benefit claims in early July. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 120.2 points (1.3%) to 9,036.0, while the broader S&P 500 lost ...