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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. The US economy added 295,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate down to 5.5%, the lowest level since May 2008. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the US jobs ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... expectations for a 230K add) last month on top of solid gains of 239K in January and December's 329K increase. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.5% in February from 5.7% the previous month and expectations for a 5.6% print. It's so lookin' good for ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... was down 64 points at 5,826. The Labor Department said the US economy added 295,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate down two tenths to 5.5 per cent, the lowest level since May 2008. In local economic news on Monday, the ANZ job advertisements ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... decrease spending on buildings and equipments -- expect them to reduce investment in staff numbers too. January's 6.4% unemployment rate - the highest in nearly 13 years - to rise. Not surprisingly, confidence among consumers remains a no show. While ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... growth in the economy than it could." "The slightly weaker outlook for GDP growth in the near term implies that the unemployment rate is likely to rise a bit further and peak a bit later than earlier expected." Australian labour force stats released ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... 24,422.15. However, Sydney retreated 0.44 per cent, or 25.5 points, to close at 5,743.6 after data showed Australian unemployment at a 12-year high. Seoul eased 0.21 per cent, or 4.07 points to 1,941.63. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 39.865 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
The share market is lower after a volatile morning of trade, caused by mixed company earnings, a rise in unemployment, and a falling Australian dollar and oil price. The All Ordinaries index was down 0.2 per cent at noon on Thursday after opening higher. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... prices were largely to blame for the fall in the 19-country eurozone, already beset by weak economic growth and high unemployment, the EU's data agency Eurostat said. The euro weakened to $US1.1296 from $US1.1317 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... 6,810.60 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index added 0.25 per cent to 10,737.87 points. While official data showing German unemployment fell in January to the lowest level since the country was reunited in 1990, inflation turned negative for the first time ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... that the ECB may launch a bigger stimulus program than expected, while British equities have moved higher on falling unemployment. Locally on Thursday, the Housing Industry Association release new home sales data for November and in equities news, medicinal ...