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The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... "Wall Street down because of QE tapering coming soon worries but losses tapered because of better-than-expected jobless claims and new home sales data. Say what? Shouldn't indications of an improving US economy reinforce expectations of the 'interpretation' ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... without the other (yeah, yeah you can have money and marriage too, or love without marriage). It doesn't compute. US jobless claims up by more than expected last week - the biggest since the last week of March. US housing starts plunged in April - the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... amid concerns about the US economic recovery. US economic figures, released overnight, show a sharp jump in weekly jobless claims while the number of housing construction starts fell 16.5 per cent in April. The US Labor Department reported that US consumer ...

Not strong enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... payrolls in April that took to 196K the average monthly gain in jobs this year from around 180K in 2012. Fresh new jobless claims data - released on the same day as Plosser revealed to the world his thoughts - showed initial claims for unemployment insurance ...

May Day happy day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... happy day in a span of less than 24 hours. Must be all those algos reading those cheery headlines overnight: US Jobless Claims Fall To 5-Year Low (WSJ) ECB 'ready' for more action after rate cut (FT) All good. Everything's well again. Forget all those ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... strong gains on Wall Street after an expected European Central Bank interest rate cut and a surprisingly good US jobless claims report. At 0730 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 28 points at 5,149. In economic news on ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday added 24.50 points, or 0.17 per cent, to 14,700.80 points after improved jobless claims data and a mixed bag of corporate earnings. New claims for US unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... per cent, to 5,084.2 points. NEW YORK - US stocks finished a volatile trading session higher following improved jobless claims data and a mixed bag of corporate earnings. At the closing bell on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 28.03 points ...

May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... because markets are expecting a rise to a reading of 3.0. Fits the sky is falling again bill, 'ey? And where's the jobless claims that's a mainstay -- week in week out -- of Wall Street's eco barometer this day of the week? No mention of that. Ahhh ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... new highs. On Wall Street overnight, investors were buoyed by a government report pointing to lower-than-expected jobless claims. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 62.9 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 14,865.14. IG Markets market strategist Stan ...