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Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... export shipments also dropped dramatically - down 61 per cent to US$2.1 billion in 1933 from 1929. America's unemployment rate was at 7.8 per cent when the Act was passed. It soared to 16.3 per cent in 1931 and reached 25.1 per cent in 1933. I could ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... morning session. Market indices also reacted positively to the latest jobs figures, which showed Australia's unemployment rate was 5.1 per cent in August, beating market expectations. Making news on Thursday, the competition regulator ACCC said it continued ...

Planes, trains & automobiles and the bush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... Especially not when many consider his 2009 US$787 billion stimulus package made very little bang for the buck - the unemployment rate remains at near 10 per cent - and was only effective in widening America's budget deficit. Whether Obama ultimately ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... again picking up. Overtime hours increased to 3.9 hours in August from 3.8 hours in the previous month. The unemployment rate ticked up to 9.6 per cent in August from 9.5 per cent in July. This is another piece of good news indicating that Americans ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... just a day away. Financial markets expect that America lost a further 100,000 jobs in August and the for the unemployment rate to tick up to 9.6 per cent from 9.5 per cent in July. However, they expect an addition of 30,000 private sector positions when ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... stock market was weaker at noon after a poor performance on global markets overnight and a lift in the domestic unemployment rate. The market also took a dim view of weak profit results from Telstra and Qantas. At 1211 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... the 31,000 additional workers employed in the previous month. Expectations were for an increase of 90K. The unemployment rate steadied at 9.5 per cent. The average workweek increased to 34.2 hours from 34.1 hours in June. Aggregate weekly earnings rose ...

Squared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... because the all-important US non-farm payrolls report is due for release tomorrow. Financial markets expect the US unemployment rate to nudge up to 9.6 per cent in July. Employment is expected to fall by 65,000 as more Census workers are let go. Private ...

Good newer news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... say. And by more, the bears need to see roughly 150,000 jobs created monthly - and this is just to keep the unemployment rate marking time. Hey ain't this a Generation Now argument? I want 150,000 jobs or more monthly, and I want it now!!! Admittedly ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... 2008 - from 99 in the previous month. Likewise, strong export growth is helping Germans find jobs. Germany's unemployment rate fell to 7.6 per cent in July - the 13th straight month of decline - from 7.7 per cent in the previous month. So why has Wall ...