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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... market was confident after the federal government's response to labour data on Thursday, which showed a steady unemployment rate. "Following on from yesterday's confidence given by (Prime Minister Kevin) Rudd who has concerns about employment and will ...

Hermaphrodite economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... proceeding. In Australia, although there are concerns for the massive loss of full-time jobs in August, the unemployment rate has been anchored at 5.8 per cent for the past three months. There's also testosterone pumping across the Atlantic. Halifax ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... closed just over one per cent higher on Thursday on investor exuberance and labour data that showed a steady unemployment rate. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 48.6 cents, or 1.07 per cent, at 4570.8, while the broader All Ordinaries rose 46.4 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... gains came in the final half-hour as some traders looked to buy ahead of the jobs data. Economists expect the unemployment rate to edge up to 9.5 per cent from 9.4 per cent, while the number of layoffs is expected to slow to 225,000 from 247,000. The ...

Lucky, lucky, lucky

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... June quarter when most expected a 4 per cent drop. And one more time. Home loan approvals continue to rise. The unemployment rate is at 5.8 per cent. Hold on! Didn't someone say earlier this year that by this time, the jobless rate would be in the 7 ...

Fear not a rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... Retail sales dipped by 0.1 per cent in June but not after a strong 0.8 per cent gain in the previous month. The unemployment rate dipped to 9.4 per cent in July. Consumer confidence fell in August to its lowest level since March but remains above the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... hard, but you can't stop the momentum at the moment." On Friday, the US Labor Department said the country's unemployment rate unexpectedly had dipped to 9.4 per cent, its first decline in 15 months. That sent US shares higher, with the broad market Standard ...

Dead cat bouncers dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... the reduction in America's jobless rate. Here at home, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.8 per cent in July from June. In the US, the Labor Department announced a dip in the jobless rate to 9.4 ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... how many started submitting forms to Centrelink. Financial markets expect the ABS to report that Australia's unemployment rate to rise to 5.9 per cent in July from 5.8 per cent in the previous month. Big deal! That seems to be the consensus reaction ...

Higher...higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... call but this is another story. Look at what we've got. Despite worries about the Australian labour market, the unemployment rate has risen to only 5.8 per cent as at June. It is likely that this could still rise but not as much as previously expected. ...