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While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... it's neighbours are showing signs of improvement as well. This is underscored by the unexpected fall in Japan's unemployment rate to a 10-month low of 4.9 per cent in January from 5.2 per cent in the previous month as the economy added 540K jobs - the ...

Penny for Benny's thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... agencies after 31 March. What does Benny think? Are these still going as planned? Or given the stickiness in the US unemployment rate, are more stimuli required? The hearing -- called "Prospects for Employment Growth: Is Additional Stimulus Needed?" ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... showed that the domestic economy added 52,700 jobs last month - the fifth straight monthly increase - and the unemployment rate dropping to 5.3 per cent from 5.5 per cent in December. While other developed nations are incessantly scratching their heads ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... recession - more than a million more than the previous estimate of 7.2 million. Something for the bulls. The unemployment rate dropped to 9.7 per cent in January from 10.0 per cent in December despite an increase in the participation rate. Jobs in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... final hour. The US non-farm payrolls report, which showed the US economy lost 20,000 jobs in January, but the unemployment rate fell to 9.7 per cent, also presented a muddled picture on the troubled labour sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... sovereign debt of many European countries," Mr Taylor said. "The other issue is, of course, concern about the unemployment rate and the pace of recovery in the US. "The overnight (US) jobless claims disappointed, and Greece, Portugal and Spain all look ...

Miranda Kerr and the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... release tomorrow. No doubt, everyone and his uncle are gnawing at their nails right now. They are expecting the unemployment rate to inch up by 0.1 per cent to 10.1 per cent. Good news on the America's jobs front would go a long way in turning market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... The New Zealand sharemarket outperformed Asian markets On Thursday and did not react to news that the local unemployment rate rose to a surprise 7.3 per cent. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 13.83 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 3,148.94. In early ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... Thomson Reuters were expecting a small drop. The four-week average rose for the first time since August. The unemployment rate remained at 10 per cent last month. Traders said weakness in manufacturing also brought concern that the economy might not ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... typical response would be to spend, spend... and spend some more. Recent data out of the US supports this. The unemployment rate remains at double-digits -- looked at another way, 6.9 million workers lost their jobs last year. Jobless claims have again ...