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Adapt clients to slower global growth: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... a long time there is only one way to go," Fisher said. Turning to the United States, he explained that "the unemployment rate is falling not because people are getting jobs, but because they are leaving the work force." If the economy was creating jobs ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Tim Radford said trading was cautious on Thursday morning ahead of the release of September jobs figures. The unemployment rate is expected to remain at 5.8 per cent. "If we see better than expected unemployment the market should respond positively and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Bureau of Statistics releases September labour force data at 1130 AEDT on Thursday, with economists expecting the unemployment rate to remain at 5.8 per cent. In other economic news, NAB releases its September quarter Australian residential property ...

OMTs - one year on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... years of contraction.A The details of the report showed steady improvement in private consumption despite the unemployment rate remaining at a record high 12.1%. The outlook for the region also looks brighter.A Markit Economic's final Eurozone PMI Composite ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... month and revised lower the previous two months numbers, stocks in Europe swung into gains on Friday. But the US unemployment rate ticked down to 7.3 per cent, closer to the Fed's target of 7.0 per cent for raising interest rates, and European stocks ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... below trend as it was in the first quarter.A It's not growing fast enough to reverse the rising trend in the unemployment rate.A And this, even with the RBA cutting the official cash rate from 4.75% (October 2011) to a record low 2.5%. Tony! Tony! Tony!A ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... from 50.3 in the previous month. To be sure, the euro area still has a lotta work to do - not least, the still unemployment rate in the region - but recovering economic activity, along with improving business and consumer confidence, should help to keep ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... this: The Committee expects the federal funds rate at 0 to 0.25% "will be appropriate at least as long as the unemployment rate remains above 6-1/2%, inflation between one and two years ahead is projected to be no more than a half percentage point above ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... The new BoE head, Mark Carney, said the main interest rate would not be changed from 0.50 per cent until the unemployment rate had fallen to seven per cent. According to BoE's own forecasts, such a drop is not expected for three years. The euro rose ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... which showed the US added just 162,000 jobs in July, well below the 175,000 increase expected by analysts. The unemployment rate fell to 7.4 per cent from 7.6 per cent in June. WELLINGTON - Wellington climbed 0.14 per cent, or 6.59 points, to 4,589.4 ...