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Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... (their time) the US Commerce Department dropped a bomb on Wall Street with a report showing that the country's unemployment rate jumped to double-digits - 10.2 per cent? To use an Australian expression, 'she'll be right mate' was the Street's reaction. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... finish at 1,069.3. Market action was volatile after a much-anticipated report early on Friday showed that the US unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 per cent in October as 190,000 jobs were shed. The Labor Department report, seen as one of the best indicators ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... employment due during Friday's overnight session (AEDT) might prove better than expected. Analysts project that the unemployment rate rose to 9.9 per cent in October. Investors also cheered the biggest jump in productivity in six years. The government ...

Boiling frog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... drop. Exporters lay-off workers. Ahhh...but have no fear. The Australian Federal Government predicts that the unemployment rate would now only reach 6.75 by fiscal year 2009-10, down from its previous forecast of 8.25 per cent. This is because Australia's ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... 47.7 in October from 53.4 in the previous month - lower than expectations for a small dip to 53.2. With the US unemployment rate at 9.8 per cent (September 2009) and rising, who wouldn't be? Add to this higher petrol prices (up 69 per cent from the start ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... within sight. Australia's fearful trip is done. The latest Australian Labour Force report showed the country's unemployment rate inching down to 5.7 per cent in September from 5.8 per cent in the previous month. The report also showed a total of 40,600 ...

Christmas comes early for job seekers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... chief executive, Christine Christian. "Employment intentions often have a significant impact on the long-term unemployment rate, therefore the drastic improvement in this index should play a critical role in helping to reduce unemployment," she said. ...

Shadow of a doubt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... index and the shock US non-farm payrolls report which reported the loss of 263,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rising to 9.8 per cent. And for further emphasis, some commentators were even quoting the rise in the alternate unemployment ...

Wealth effect turns positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Run three days straight or for nine days with only a day's pause and you too would need a bit of a rest. This is precisely what Wall Street did overnight -- it stopped for a break. In financial market jargon this is termed as "consolidation." The Dow ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... its exports plunged 61 per cent. Ouch! We all know what happened thereafter - the depression deepened. The US unemployment rate jumped from 7.8 per cent in 1930 to 25.1 per cent three years later. This should be nipped in the bud - and quick before it ...