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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar weaker after US jobless claims plunge

... yesterday's close of 0.7121/26. Overnight, the local unit edged lower as the US dollar benefited from positive news on the labour market. Weekly US jobless claims plunged by 43,000 to 348,000 - the lowest level since before recession in the world's largest ...

RBA decision takes economists by surprise

... into the decision." She said that the housing market is the main concern and given that business confidence and labour market statistics are strong, all point in the direction to a rate rise. "We forecast an interest rate of 5.5% by the middle of next ...

ANZ job ads up 1.4%

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... rate around 5.75 per cent in coming months, although the outcome will depend on the extent to which the improved labour market conditions attract new entrants, with the labour force participation rate remaining unusually low in recent months," she said. ...

Melbourne Cup Day looms as d-day for interest rates

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... to prepare the community for higher rates but it will also want more certainty on the US economy, especially the labour market." The United States last week reported economic growth of 7.2 per cent for the year to September, although the gains have failed ...

Business conditions strengthen significantly: NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
... was having a positive impact on sectors such as transport and storage, agribusiness and retail. It was likely the labour market would remain robust in the next six months or so, NAB said. Businesses now expect the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to move ...

Jobless rate down, could go lower: Costello

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... the latest unemployment figures confirmed the strength of the economy and pointed to further improvements in the Labour market in the months ahead. "While labor force figures can vary from month to month, today's results confirm the continued strength ...

Midday Market Wrap: Bond market stronger after yesterday's sell off

... interest rates. "The central bank, like most forecasters, will likely feel the need to see a few more of these positive labour market surprises before the downside risks to the global economic outlook are marked lower," they said. "Hence a rate hike ...

Domestic job figures to give new clues to economy

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2003
... economic recovery overseas. But economists will be looking for a rebound in employment figures to ease worries that the labour market remains soft. The concerns were underlined by the government's official employment indicator, which fell in September ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds make further gains

... bond fell nine points to 4.51%, while the yield on the two year note was trading 12 points lower at 1.89%. The same labour market concerns also dragged the US dollar lower, with the euro up 0.9% to $US1.0944. The Australian dollar pushed back above $US0.6400 ...

NAB survey reveals ongoing strength of the non-farm economy

... of the interest rate projections. Given the possibility of further setbacks offshore or further weakness in the labour market may still allow a 25 basis point cut around September or October, NAB said. But it also said that the Reserve Bank of Australia ...