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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... season also helped banking stocks. But investors remained cautious after official figures showed that Australia's unemployment rate remained flat at 5.2 per cent in December, below analysts' forecasts that the job market would add 5,000 new positions. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... already negative trend as doubts linger over the outcome of a crucial eurozone debt crisis summit. Australia's unemployment rate rose to 5.3 per cent in November as the number of people in employment unexpectedly fell by 6,300, official data showed. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... investor focus shifted to the negative aspects of a jobs report, traders said. The Labor Department said the unemployment rate dropped to a 32-month low of 8.6 per cent in November, surprising most analysts who had forecast it would hold steady at nine ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... expectations for the government's monthly labor report, which comes out on Friday. Economists forecast that the unemployment rate will remain at nine per cent. Traders took little encouragement on Thursday from a stronger manufacturing report. The Institute ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... had the indices ended south of the zero line. And there were a-plenty - everywhere you go. In Asia, Japan's unemployment rate increased to 4.5% in October - more than expectations for a 4.2% print -- from 4.1% in September, confirming the slowing in ...

Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... average of jobless claims continued to fall below the 400K - regarded as the number that makes a dent on the unemployment rate - to 394,250. So there, when you look beyond the headlines - it's not all that lonely is it? "Dum dum dum, dumdy doo wah." ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... the pre-GFC boom. An early Merry Christmas to you too! What about jobs? US job creation remains slow and the unemployment rate is still stuck at 9% as at October. If I told you once, I told you a hundred thousand times. Employment is a lagging indicator ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... focus upon Italy had completely overshadowed slightly-better-than-expected unemployment figures. Australia's unemployment rate fell to 5.2 per cent in October, according to official figures. Mr Shamu said that although the market had dropped sharply ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... European debt crisis. The Europe woes overshadowed a mixed October jobs report from the Labor Department. The US unemployment rate unexpectedly slipped to 9.0 per cent from 9.1 per cent the prior month. The number of net new jobs added -- 80,000 -- disappointed ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... not. "Nonetheless, recent indicators point to continuing weakness in overall labor market conditions, and the unemployment rate remains elevated." The Fed also lowered its growth outlook for 2012 to 2.5%-2.9% (from June's forecast of 3.3%-3.7%) and raised ...