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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... key lending rate anytime soon. The Fed said Tuesday it would hold its key interest rate at historic lows. The Labor Department's Producer Price Index fell 0.6 per cent in February, its steepest drop in seven months. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... 2009, and Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their Indices of Economic Activity for March. In equities news, department store David Jones Ltd releases first half results. In Australia on Tuesday, late gains pushed the Australian share market ...

Analyse this

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... we've done is debottleneck the research process... we moved the people across from our call centres to the investment department so they talk to the industry participants... this gives analysts proprietary data related to the companies they are researching." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... modestly higher at the start of trading on Friday after a surprising increase in February retail sales. The Commerce Department said retail sales rose 0.3 per cent last month. Analysts had expected a drop. A weaker report on consumer sentiment disappointed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... Australian Office of Financial Management is to offer two parcels of short term Treasury notes at auction. In company news, department store chain Myer Holdings Ltd releases first half results. Seven Network Ltd board member Ryan Stokes addresses The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... since January 20, while the Nasdaq ended at its highest level since early September 2008. Figures from the US Labor Department showed the world's largest economy lost 36,000 jobs in February, with the unemployment rate steady at 9.7 per cent despite ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... per cent. The drop in home sales followed a report on jobless benefits claims that had raised hopes about the Labor Department's monthly payroll report due out Friday. Initial jobless claims dipped last week after two straight weeks of unexpected increases ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... expectations. Payroll company ADP said employers cut 20,000 jobs last month, matching forecasts from economists. The Labor Department is expected to report on Friday that the unemployment rate edged up to 9.8 per cent last month and that employers cut ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... given the mixed indications provided by latest US data. Bad data. US consumer confidence - as measured by the Commerce Department - dropped big time in February. US property market still in thick in the woods. New home sales fell to record lows and sales ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... could hurt the country's efforts to tackle its debt crisis. Closer to home, the market shuddered after the US Labor Department said new claims for US jobless benefits jumped to a three-month high, underscoring ongoing struggles for the labor market and ...