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Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... production dropped by 11.3% in the year to December with manufacturing output 15.5% down over the same period. The unemployment rate rose to 20.9% in November, up from 18.2% in the previous month. How in the world an economy grow - any economy - when ...

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... December. "...changed behaviour by households and the high exchange rate have had a noticeable dampening effect. The unemployment rate has increased a little since mid year, though it remains close to 5 per cent." Household behaviour, they are a-changin'. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... better-than-expected US jobs figures. The Wall Street rallied on Friday after official figures showed the US unemployment rate fell from 8.5 per cent in December to 8.3 per cent - the lowest rate since February 2009. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... productive private sector and a reduction in the public sector (good for lessening the fiscal deficit). And oh, the unemployment rate dropped to 8.3% in January from 8.5% in the previous month. - This is the lowest in three years and the fifth consecutive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... turned the corner. The US economy generated 243,000 new jobs in January, way above the 155,000 forecast, with the unemployment rate falling to 8.3 per cent, a near three-year low, from 8.5 per cent. Talks continue to drag on between Athens and its creditors ...

Nikkei not nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... later. Worsening labour market conditions also point to softer retail spending in the months to come. Japan's unemployment rate increase to 4.6% in December - worse than market expectations - from 4.5% in the previous month. This negative outlook is ...

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... market and the attendant weakness in retail spending. How soft? The Age's website printed how soft. "AUSTRALIA'S unemployment rate is heading towards a nine-year high of 6 per cent, economists say, with some industries preparing to slash staff and other ...

Extending the extended extension

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... (down from 3.0%-3.5%). And while growth is expected to accelerate by 3.3%-4.0% in 2014, the Fed expects the unemployment rate to remain high - 6.7%-7.6%. Fortunately for us all, financial markets saw this in a positive light. The certainty the timing ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... disappeared in the previous month - making 2011 the worst year in the domestic labour market since 1992. The unemployment rate steadied at 5.2% but this resulted largely from the 0.3% decline in the participation rate to 65.2%. Announcements and warnings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... official data showed the number of people employed fell by 29,300 to 11.4 million last month. However, the overall unemployment rate remained steady at 5.2 per cent. In currency markets, the euro bought $1.2886 and Y98.87 in early European trade, from ...