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Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... gain. Hesto presto again and the 36,000 job shed in February was more than halved to a loss of only 14,000. The unemployment rate continued to hold at 9.7 per cent. The positive tone on Wall Street could have easily been negative. If trading closed lower ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... past five months that the non-farm payrolls report has shown job creation in the world's largest economy. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.7 per cent and there was also an upwards revision to the February data. AMP Capital Investors chief economist ...

Iffy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... March on Good Friday (their time) - and let's all hope it's good. US payrolls dropped by 36,000 jobs and the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 per cent in February. But the report did nothing much for Wall Street. Because it was tainted - tainted by ...

End game II

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... historians and economists believe that this contributed to the deepening of the depression of the 1930s. 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. Now ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... Statistics reported that US non-farm payrolls fell by 36K in February versus expectations for a 50K drop. The unemployment rate steadied at 9.7 per cent versus forecasts for a rise to 9.8 per cent. Good news isn't it? In fact, very good news. But hold ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... weaker. But the trend eased during the morning, after the release of employment data for February which showed the unemployment rate had risen to 5.3 per cent, from a downwardly revised 5.2 per cent in January. "The unemployment figure that was just ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... could be worse than news over the weekend that America sacked another 651,000 workers in February, taking the unemployment rate up to 8.1 per cent - the highest in 25 years. Last month, the jobless rate was 7.6 per cent. Last year, it was 4.8 per cent. ...

Still a two-way street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... happening all over again. US non-farm payrolls fell by 36K in February versus expectations for a 50K drop. The unemployment rate steadied at 9.7 per cent versus forecasts for a rise to 9.8 per cent. Easy enough, isn't it? Both numbers beat expectations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... on Friday after the government reported that US companies shed fewer jobs than expected in February, with the unemployment rate holding steady from the previous month. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 122.06 points, or 1.17 per cent, at 10,566.20. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... last month, matching forecasts from economists. The Labor Department is expected to report on Friday that the unemployment rate edged up to 9.8 per cent last month and that employers cut 50,000 jobs. Concern about the economy eased after debt-burdened ...