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Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... have a lot of catching up to do. Back in October 2007 the last time when Wall Street was at record highs, the US unemployment rate was at 4.7% and the economy was growing averaging 1.1% quarterly growth. The jobless rate stood at 7.7% as at February ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... set to begin the week higher, following gains on US and European markets due to encouraging US jobs data. The US unemployment rate fell to 7.7 per cent, data released on Friday showed. At 0759 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... 0.18 per cent to 3,612.10 points. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose as dealers cheered an improvement in the US unemployment rate and another batch of manufacturing figures indicating China's economy is emerging from a slumber. Investors appeared ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... "You do get a bit more volatility in the market but it can also get a bit quiet as well." A surprise slide in the US unemployment rate to 7.7 per cent for November gave markets an initial boost on Friday, but shares ended the session mixed. The Dow Jones ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... All Ordinaries index added 40.2 points, or 0.89 per cent, to 4,555.9 points. NEW YORK - A surprise slide in the US unemployment rate to 7.7 per cent for November gave markets an initial boost on Friday, but shares ended the session mixed. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... 4,491, with 7,165 contracts traded. Figures out on Friday showed a better than expected 0.3 per cent drop in the US unemployment rate to 7.8 per cent, when economists had been tipping a 8.2 per cent rate. But the figures were greeted with mixed feelings ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... the September data. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have leaped higher, boosted by a surprise drop in the US unemployment rate and on the back of upbeat comments from European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi. At the close on Friday, London's FTSE ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... index futures contract was unchanged at 4,038. The US markets have fallen with traders shrugging off data showing US unemployment claims had fallen to their lowest level since March 2008. Locally, no major economic news is expected on Friday. In equities ...

No money in equities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... last night, just a flipping of the flop in sentiment seen over the past few days. For last night we got news that US unemployment claims came in a thousand heads better than expected. Suddenly those worrying about the weakening American labour market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... 14.1 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 4,441.3 points. NEW YORK - US stock markets were modestly lower Thursday, with US unemployment data and a successful Spanish debt sale giving little direction to trade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 68.65 ...

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