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| | | ... sign that businesses will soon start restocking store shelves. Wholesale inventories rose 0.3 per cent in October; economists had expected a 0.5 per cent drop. In midday trading, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 18.36, or 0.18 per cent, to 10,304.33. ... |
| | | | ... Federal Treasury's executive director of macroeconomic group (Domestic), David Gruen, addresses the Australian Business Economists conference on fiscal stimulus. National Australia Bank releases its monthly business survey for November. Reserve Bank ... |
| | | | ... monthly loss since December 2007, when the recession began. That's much better than the 130,000 losses Wall Street economists expected and an improvement from 111,000 jobs cuts in October. The unemployment rate fell to 10 per cent from a 26-year high ... |
| | | | ... admit Fed actions played any role in inflating the housing bubble despite overwhelming evidence and the consensus of economists to the contrary. And in your efforts to keep filling the punch bowl, you cranked up the printing press to buy mortgage securities ... |
| | | | ... seeking unemployment benefits fell by 5,000 last week to 457,000, in a hopeful sign of improvement in the job market. Economists had expected an increase, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters. The report comes a day ahead of the government's November ... |
| | | | ... fell by 35,000 last week to 466,000, the fewest new claims since September last year, and better than the 500,000 that economists had expected. The drop in claims suggests the job market is healing, but concern remains that the improvement will be temporary ... |
| | | | ... at the nation's factories, mines and utilities rose 0.1 per cent in October, less than the 0.4 per cent predicted by economists polled by Thomson Reuters. Meanwhile, signs of inflation remained muted, in a positive signal for the economy. The Labor Department's ... |
| | | | ... number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level since January, and fewer than economists had forecast. Productivity figures also had their biggest rise in six years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.08 ... |
| | | | ... laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell to 512,000 last week, the lowest level since January and fewer than economists had forecast. Initial claims are considered a gauge of the pace of layoffs and an indication of employers' willingness ... |
| | | | ... unemployment and weak consumer spending persist. The economic growth came in ahead of the 3.3 per cent rise forecast by economists. The expansion in GDP was the best in two years and broke four consecutive quarters of declines. The strong GDP report ... |
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