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Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... the heavens had given them the nod to "make their day"? That nagging, niggling bugbear of America's economy - its labour market has done a boing! Reports last night showed that jobless claims dropped by 14,000 to 418K in the week ended 2 July. This is ...

Big Benny and little Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... last week of April. Economists consider four hundred K as the critical threshold that signals improvement in the labour market and stronger economic growth. But the Fed already told us this. It raised its unemployment forecast for this year and lowered ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... thanks to stronger job creation, the Labour Department said in a report signalling a turnaround in the troubled labour market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 blue-chip stocks rose 56.99 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 12,376.72 points. The broad-based ...

JMK rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... the previous month and still far below the late-2007 peak, it highlights the continuing improving trend in the US labour market. This isn't the only good news. Remember TARP? Yes, the Troubled Asset Relief Program that was autographed into law by President ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... YORK - US stocks made solid gains on Wednesday after a key report on private-sector hiring suggested the ailing labour market was turning a corner. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 71.60 points (0.58 per cent) to 12,350.61. The broad-based S&P 500 ...

Mind the leadership gap: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... more demands on people leaders now, and that's particularly true in the finance sector," he said. He said the tight labour market and diverse workforce meant the pool of available candidates was not as large as it could be. "Financial services have done ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... The statistic with less ADHD - the four-week moving average of claims - points to continued improvement in the US labour market. Day of rage or day to buy the dip?

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... Wall Street was so sure heading into the February US non-farm payrolls report that the data will confirm improving labour market conditions in America. All the signs leading up to Friday night's jobs release pointed to this. Let's count the ways. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... positive for the US dollar," Ms Lien said in a research note. "February was a good but not a great month for the labour market." Wall Street closed lower, with the Dow Jones and S&P500 both giving up about 0.7 per cent on the day. In terms of Monday's ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... month US economic data - except for housing - had been improving. I wanted to put employment as an exception but no, labour market indicators have also been strengthening. Yesterday, the ADP/Macroeconomic Advisors private payrolls report showed 217,000 ...