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Economic woes keep US growth in check

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... Investors leading the charge, basing their US forecasts on a growth rate of 3 per cent and anticipated falls in the unemployment rate. But Feldstein, once chief economic advisor to former US president Ronald Reagan, said the US economic recovery faced ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... much, but the major news is that unemployment data has had a major impact on the Aussie dollar." Australia's unemployment rate fell to 4.9 per cent in March, returning to December's two-year low, official data showed on Thursday morning. Market heavyweights ...

Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... by 230,000 in March - making the 185,000 gains financial markets were expecting a bearish projection. And the unemployment rate? It dipped to 8.8 per cent in March from 8.9 per cent in the previous month. This is also better than the expected climb to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... had expected a larger drop. The news comes a day before the Labor Department's monthly employment report. The unemployment rate is expected to remain unchanged at 8.9 per cent. LONDON - European stockmarkets closed lower, tipping to the downside as concerns ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... it's since rallied all the way back," Mr Potter said. "That probably took a few people by surprise. "But the unemployment rate didn't move and the fact that the Aussie dollar has rallied all the way back to where it was tells you that the market's not ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... 190K expected - and the government reduced its workforce by 28K (good for the government budget). And oh... the unemployment rate edged down to 8.9 per cent in Feb from 9.0 per cent in January. The pessimists again reason that this drop was due to less ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... payrolls (NFP) report, which showed the world's largest economy added 192,000 jobs in February. Moreover, the US unemployment rate fell to 8.9 per cent, the lowest since April 2009. But the positive sentiment was offset by the ongoing conflict in Libya ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... That raised expectations that the government's employment report coming out Friday could show a decline in the unemployment rate. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 8.29 points, or 0.07 per cent, to settle at 12,066.31. The S&P 500 rose 2.11, or 0.16 ...

Yakety yak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
I wonder if anyone noticed that there was a G-20 meeting held over the weekend. Yes, there was! Honest. Am sure many have heard of the meeting in Paris where the world's 20 most powerful heads talked to discuss the collective economic and financial ...

I heart the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... into all Australians' psyche. "It is worth recording that a combination, on the latest figures, of a 5 per cent unemployment rate and an inflation rate clearly 'in the 2's' is a pretty favourable one by the standards of recent decades." These were Stevens' ...