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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... ($A42.91 billion). The deficit was slightly more than the $US38.5 billion that had been expected by analysts, the Commerce Department said. A rise in imports to the United States was seen as another sign of a slow, but growing, economic recovery. But ...

Enviable problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... Australian males and females. This is confirmed by the continued improvements in both the ANZ job ads survey and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) skilled vacancies index. I think it's now apropos (sounds intellectual ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... a default. A disappointing report on initial jobless claims added to the downbeat mood early in the day. The Labor Department said initial claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week, jumping 18,000 to a seasonally adjusted 460,000. Economists ...

Former NSW Treasury deputy secretary to head RBF-Tas

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... NSW Treasury, and prior to that, was project director, review of strategic asset management and maintenance at the Department of Education in Tasmania. He will return to Tasmania to take up his new post next Monday. RBF chairman Damian Egan said Mussared ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... report to show employers added 40,000 jobs in the month. The ADP report is seen as an early indicator of the Labor Department's closely watched monthly non-farm payrolls report, which is due on Friday. There can be wide variations because ADP only accounts ...

Iffy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... expectations - worse, iffy they surprise on the down side. This has been the Street's monthly routine. The US Labor Department will release the US employment stats for March on Good Friday (their time) - and let's all hope it's good. US payrolls dropped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... on Monday after figures that showed an increase in consumer spending boosted confidence in the economy. The Commerce Department said consumer spending rose 0.3 per cent in February, which was above market expectations of a 0.1 per cent increase. Meanwhile ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... Exchange, the June share price index contract was 35 points higher at 4,931 points. In economic news on Wednesday, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations releases its skilled jobs vacancies report for January. The Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... Stocks ended mixed on Wall Street after reports signaled that the US economy is slowly regaining strength. The Labor Department said on Thursday that its Consumer Price Index was unchanged in February. That signals that inflation is tame. The government ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... Obama, whose administration must decide whether to label China as a currency manipulator in a semi-annual Treasury Department report due on April 15." Oh, no! Beijing will be labelled a "currency manipulator." We have to bomb the renminbi to restore ...