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Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... Mario Draghi eloquently laid out in his opening address: "No one in society remains untouched by a situation of high unemployment. For the unemployed themselves, it is often a tragedy which has lasting effects on their lifetime income. For those in work ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... took encouragement from positive data on the US economy: existing-home sales picked up pace in July; new claims for unemployment insurance were down, and the Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators improved sharply. LONDON - European ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... happy to see me? Yes Virginia, equity markets are rejoicing as the roll of bad news continued overnight. US initial unemployment claims increased by more than expected to 311K in the week ended 9 August - the highest level since late June this year. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... September share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,517. Data showed that US weekly applications for unemployment aid last week climbed 21,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 311,000. German gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.2 per ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... The report was weaker than analysts expected and highlighted the fragile economy where wage growth is minimal and unemployment, though easing, remains high. LONDON - European stock markets clawed back some ground despite weak eurozone data as the Bank ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... REA Group post full year results. In Australia, the market on Thursday flat, shrugging off a 12-year high in the unemployment rate. The jobless rate rate rose to 6.4 per cent in July, a 12-year high. It had been expected to remain at six per cent. The ...

Super tax in firing line

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... everything from the slowdown in China to housing bubble fears. Ong expressed concern about a surprise jump in domestic unemployment to 6.4% which she said represented a loss in momentum for the economy. "We expect the labour market to remain patchy into ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... from June but maintaining the solid 200,000-plus monthly streak since February. The market had expected 230,000. The unemployment rate rose a mere 0.1 point to 6.2 per cent, still near its lowest level since October 2008 and well down from the 7.9 per ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... looking at wages... that we probably had more of it than we thought a year ago". He's not wrong, you know. The UK's unemployment rate continues to decline and at 6.5% (May), is down to the lowest level in nearly six years. The National Institute of Economic ...

FSC Conference: Follow the biopsychosocial model, life companies told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... months is greater than working in the most hazardous industry in the United Kingdom, which is offshore oil rigs. "Unemployment is really bad for your health." Chase said the biopsychosocial model, which looks at psychological and social causes of ill-health ...