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A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... encourages spending (but pretty please, not on more investment housing). Full-time jobs increased by 41,900 in Feb. The unemployment rate also flashed good news, falling to 6.1% in March from 6.2% in February and 6.3% in January. The decline in the jobless ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... its first gain in four days, though stronger commodity prices were the main driver rather than a surprise drop in unemployment. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 39.1 points, or 0.66 per cent, at 5,947.5 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was ...

IMF predicts drop in foreign earnings

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... has seen the greatest increase in production capacity from Australia and Brazil. The IMF also predicts Australia's unemployment rate will rise to 6.4% in 2016, up from 6.2% in 2015.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... K'Nell said many investors were likely to sit on the sidelines until the release of Chinese GDP figures and Australian unemployment figures later in the week. In the resources sector at 1019 AEST, global miner BHP Billiton had fallen 49 cents to $28.93 ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... Relations in NY that, "Despite slowing in March, job creation has been particularly strong over the past two years... the unemployment rate probably understates the amount of slack still remaining in the labor market". Say whaaa? Is he arguing for an ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... GDP growth accelerated from 1.7% in the June quarter of 2013 to 2.7% as at the December quarter of last year. The unemployment rate was at 7.7% in July 2013, it's now at 5.7% (January 2015). If I remember correctly, financial market's money were for ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... saw in its January meeting: Non-farm payrolls up by 329K in December that followed a 423K surge in November and the unemployment rate dropping from 5.8% to 5.6% in December. The Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) advanced to a reading of 7.1 in December ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... interest rates low. The Australian market enjoyed its best gains in almost a month on Thursday after a fall in the unemployment rate, and CommSec market analyst Juliana Roadley said Friday's fall was a reaction to those gains. "We've probably seen a ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... equity markets recovered slightly from a recent sell-off. Sydney shares were given a lift by data showing Australia's unemployment rate had eased slightly, while South Korea became the latest country to cut interest rates as it struggles to fight off ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... cents to $34.12 while Oil Search was flat at $7.80. Telstra had gained 2.0 cents to $3.00. Mr Weston said Thursday's unemployment figures remained tough to predict, putting investors further on the defensive. "It's been a lottery over the last few months," ...