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China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... consumers' trepidation over their finances. And it's not that Australians are short of jobs and money - the unemployment rate remained at a low 4.9 per cent in May and household disposable income grew by 8.5 per cent in the year to the March quarter ...

The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... per cent this year - down from its April estimate of 3.1 per cent and 3.3 per cent. The Fed now believes the unemployment rate would be between 8.6 per cent and 8.9 per cent by the end of the year - up from April's forecast of between 8.4 per cent and ...

The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... out." How did this come about? Greece was admitted to the Eurozone on 1 January 2001. GDP growth: 3.3 per cent Unemployment rate: 10.7 per cent Budget deficit as a percentage of GDP: minus3.7 per cent (close to the mandated Maastricht criteria of 3.0 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... released jobs data that showed total employment rose much less than expected in May. The ABS said Australia's unemployment rate stayed at a two-year low of 4.9 per cent in May for the third month in a row. Total employment rose by a seasonally adjusted ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... US employment report): "My best guess is we will have a continued recovery, but it won't feel terrific....The unemployment rate is still going to be high for a while, and that means that a lot of people are going to be under financial stress....We have ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... came in way below predictions. Try and defend that! Over the past few months, this was easy peasy. Because the unemployment rate would either go the other way or remain steady. Not in May -- there was no hiding in May. The jobless rate rose to 9.1 percent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... Australian dollar dropped almost one per cent immediately after the Australian Bureau of Statistics said the nation's unemployment rate stayed at a two-year low 4.9 per cent in April. It was fetching 105.98 US cents at 1205 AEST. BHP Billiton was down ...

Budget bore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... find enough workers to work in an economy that is only growing at 2.25 per cent (see 2010/2011 forecast). The unemployment rate already has a 4 in front of it! And what do we get when we get inflation? Yup, for sure we'll get higher interest rates. Look ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... that analysts had predicted. It was the third straight month with an increase of more than 200,000 jobs. The unemployment rate rose, however, to nine per cent from 8.8 per cent in part because more people who resumed looking for work. The news on job ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... Mr Capurso expected the Australian dollar to bounce back after the release of US April non-farm payrolls and unemployment rate on Friday night (AEST). "I reckon that will be a weak number making the US dollar soft again and the Aussie should get a bit ...

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