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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... years. The rally lost steam as investor focus shifted to the negative aspects of a jobs report, traders said. The Labor Department said the unemployment rate dropped to a 32-month low of 8.6 per cent in November, surprising most analysts who had forecast ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... credit crisis. Another rise in applications for weekly unemployment benefits dampened the mood on Thursday. The Labor Department said initial applications rose to 402,000 last week, the second weekly increase in a row. The figures didn't change expectations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... after the Italian parliament passes economic reforms being demanded by the European Union. In other news, the US Labor Department said employers advertised more jobs in September than at any other point in the past three years. The seven per cent increase ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... fast-changing developments in the European debt crisis. The Europe woes overshadowed a mixed October jobs report from the Labor Department. The US unemployment rate unexpectedly slipped to 9.0 per cent from 9.1 per cent the prior month. The number of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... economic activity in the eurozone hit reverse in September for the first time in more than two years. The US Labor Department said new initial jobless claims dropped last week, but remained at the painfully high level of 423,000, reflecting the persistent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... riskier investments, like the Australian dollar, following bad economic news out of the US last week. The US Labor Department on Friday reported that employers added no net workers in August and the unemployment rate was unchanged, a sign that many were ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... ability to contain more crisis, after the two countries' borrowing costs surged in recent days. Meanwhile, the US Labor Department reported that weekly claims for unemployment benefits remained at a high 400,000 last week, with business and government ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... rallied early in the day after a suprisingly positive report on the US job market, but then fell back. The US Labor Department said new claims for unemployment benefits fell to 398,000 last week, their lowest level in nearly four months and the first ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... cent during the week. Markets rallied earlier in the week in anticipation of a strong jobs number, but then the Labor Department reported that unemployment rose to 9.2 per cent and that only 18,000 jobs were created in June, triggering a sell-off. This ...

Big Benny and little Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... QE2. Big Benny reminded us just yesterday -- and data out while we were sleeping confirmed his prognosis. US Labor Department figures showed that jobless claims increased by 9,000 to 429,000 in the week ended 18 June - exceeding market expectations for ...

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