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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... KONG - Asian markets slipped as soft Chinese trade data added to an already sombre mood after last week's poor US unemployment figures. The Bank of Japan's decision not to unveil any fresh stimulus measures also depressed sentiment on Tuesday and pushed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... KONG - Asian markets slipped as soft Chinese trade data added to an already sombre mood after last week's poor US unemployment figures. The Bank of Japan's decision not to unveil any fresh stimulus measures also depressed sentiment on Tuesday and pushed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... austerity measures agreed by the government in return for an international bailout. WASHINGTON - New claims for US unemployment benefits continued to fall last week, to a fresh four-year low, as the distressed labour market slowly improves, government ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... release of better-than-expected US jobs figures. The Wall Street rallied on Friday after official figures showed the US unemployment rate fell from 8.5 per cent in December to 8.3 per cent - the lowest rate since February 2009. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... 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 net new jobs added -- 80,000 -- disappointed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... Australian market looks set to open higher, following the positive lead of the Dow Jones overnight despite no sign US unemployment was letting up nor America's growth picking up substantially. At 0620 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index ...

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... to do is hand back their house keys, leaving the banks with the underwater asset. The worrying backdrop is that US unemployment since the early 1990s has normally been around 6%, meaning its current 9% level - albeit it's still better than the near 10% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... the US Labour Department reported that the country's economy generated 117,000 jobs in July and cut the official US unemployment rate down a notch to 9.1 per cent. Economists had forecast only a net 84,000 jobs generated. The mildly positive surprise ...

Net-net, it's still good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... ceiling. It is not. There'll only be one result. Deal. The implications will too great to deal with. You worry about US unemployment? That will grow when government cannot pay its bills. You worry about consumer spending? That will drop when government ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... per cent by the close of trade. TOKYO - Japanese shares ended 0.67 per cent lower, hit by disappointing data on US unemployment late last week and concerns over Chinese inflation. The headline Nikkei-225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 68.2 points ...

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