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Rewind and replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... playback my past ruminations. Wall Street inched up overnight, but not so convincingly. So why is this? Why? Why? The latest US Labor Department figures show that initial unemployment claims dropped by 27,000 to 451,000 in the week ended 4 September. ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... they're bound to spread the joy - either through increased dividends, increased wages or increased hiring. What the latest US employment report indicates is that this is another "jobless recovery". Yes it is "jobless" but the economy is also in "recovery". ...

Which way USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... What reaction? There was none! Wall Street closed flat as a pancake over the weekend. And we were all hoping that the latest US National Accounts would settle the tug-o-war among tea leaves readers. It was pretty but perhaps, it was not pretty enough. ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... markets and the world. Searching... searching. Aha! The United States of America! Gloom and doomers are again using the latest US non-farm payrolls report to convince themselves that yes, the US is headed for a double-dip. Non-farm payrolls fell by 125,000 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... finished down 33.8 points, or 0.75 per cent, at 4,472.4 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower on Friday after the latest US jobs data said hiring remained weak and as Hungary became the latest European country to report its economy was in crisis. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... country a step closer to becoming the first eurozone nation to get an IMF bailout. There was also bad news from the latest US jobs data, which saw new claims for unemployment insurance benefits unexpectedly rise last week. Initial jobless claims totalled ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... daily seesaw performance on the Street last week. This is hardly surprising given the mixed indications provided by latest US data. Bad data. US consumer confidence - as measured by the Commerce Department - dropped big time in February. US property ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... the public sector if push comes to shove. Now for the American labour market. There was something for everyone in the latest US Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Something for the bears. US non-farm payrolls fell 20,000 in January - expectations were ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... volume came to 1.4 billion, in line with Thursday. LONDON - European stock markets closed lower on Friday after the latest US corporate results disappointed high hopes and pushed Wall Street back down through the key 10,000 points level. Dealers said ...

Super funds stage comeback

... -21.1 per cent back in December to -12.3 per cent today. This was helped by the change in market sentiment after the latest US and Australian economic indicators propped domestic and global stockmarkets. "Yes, they still have a long way to go, but the ...