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Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... 180,000 and well below the previous month's gain of 218,000. There's also no reprieve from the easing in the unemployment rate to 9.7 per cent in May from 9.9 per cent in the previous month because Americans have simply given up looking for work. This ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... Department on Friday will report 500,000 non-farm jobs were created last month, up from 290,000 in April, and the unemployment rate slipped a notch to 9.8 per cent from 9.9 per cent. LONDON - European stock markets closed higher on Thursday, with London's ...

On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... fallen 7.9 per cent in the month of May alone. Not because economic fundamentals in Australia are shoddy: The unemployment rate was at 5.4 per cent in April, gross company operating profits increased by 3.9 per cent in the first quarter - the biggest ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... news that Spain planned to cut its deficit and local employment figures had supported the market. Australia's unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 5.4 per cent in April, compared with an upwardly revised 5.4 per cent in March, the Australian Bureau ...

Pain in Spain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... pain. There'll be at least 13,000 more employees added to the unemployment stats. At last count, the country's unemployment rate was running at 20 per cent. More unemployed means less consumer spending to drive the economy. Less economic growth means ...

Do nothing budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... expand by 3.25 per cent in fiscal year 2010/11 and 4 per cent the next after growing by 2 per cent this year. The unemployment rate is forecasts to decline from 5.25 per cent this year to 5 per cent the next and 4.75 per cent in 2011/12. Inflation is ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... in the previous month. Now I'm pushing it, you say. Not really. Because if you look deeper, the rise in the unemployment rate was due to the increase in the number of Americans looking for jobs, i.e., discouraged job seekers are now returning to the ...

Business cycle dating

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... this. In year-on-year terms, US real GDP was still growing strongly up to the second quarter of 2008 and the unemployment rate did not rise significantly above 5.5 per cent until later that year. Better late than wrong! The Committee would lose all credibility ...

Enviable problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... had reason to be concerned. This time last year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the unemployment rate has risen to 5.7 per cent in March - up from 5.3 per cent in the previous month and only 4 per cent in March 2008. What increased ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... the share market closed lower on profit-taking amid a weak lead from United States and an unchanged domestic unemployment rate. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 23 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 4,937.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...