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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... index futures contract was up four points at 5,397. The Fed chair's comments, in a speech in Chicago, underlined that unemployment was still a big challenge for the economy and that the Fed would maintain its extraordinary measures until the jobless ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... negative territory, extending Wednesday's losses. Trade was choppy after data showed a drop in first-time claims for US unemployment benefits last week, an upward revision to US fourth-quarter economic growth to an annual rate of 2.6 per cent, and a ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... manufacturing had rebounded in that region in March as new orders increased. And, the number of people seeking US unemployment benefits rose 5,000 last week to a seasonally-adjusted 320,000, suggesting a stable job market. Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... simply ignored this. Nothing left but to enjoy our weekend folks... and oh, back to US data watching and not only the unemployment rate and inflation this time.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... separately that manufacturing rebounded in that region in March as new orders increased. The number of people seeking US unemployment benefits rose 5,000 last week to a seasonally-adjusted 320,000, the Labor Department said. That's close to pre-recession ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... The same way ALL Feddies - including Janet -- under Bernanke guessed that it would take a looong time before the unemployment rate even comes close to 6.5% back in December 2012 and so were game enough to put that promise on paper that they wouldn't ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... momentum that the RBNZ raised interest rates there only yesterday. Only yesterday, too, we learned that while the unemployment rate remained at 6.0%, Australia added a total of 47,300 jobs last month and that 3,700 jobs lost in January... well, it's ...

You go NZ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... the year to the September quarter last year (the latest available) from 2.3% in the same quarter of 2012... and the unemployment rate dropping to 6.0% in the December quarter from 6.8% a year ago and down from a 13-year high of 7.2% in the third quarter ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... payroll figures were revised higher that added an extra 25K to the prior two months' employment gain. However, the unemployment ticked up to 6.7% from 6.6% in January. What this means for the on-going Fed reduction in asset purchases is that... it'll ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... Australian market looks set to open higher following a mainly positive lead from Wall Street as investors weighed improved unemployment claims data ahead of a key monthly jobs report. At 0820 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract ...