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Adapt clients to slower global growth: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... down for a long time there is only one way to go," Fisher said. Turning to the United States, he explained that "the unemployment rate is falling not because people are getting jobs, but because they are leaving the work force." If the economy was creating ...

Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... otherwise is just unthinkable. Here are "7 debt-default doomsday scenarios" NBC News thought of: 1. Depression and unemployment 2. Dollar down, prices and rates up 3. Down go your investments 4. Social Security payments halt 5. Banking operations freeze ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... analyst Tim Radford said trading was cautious on Thursday morning ahead of the release of September jobs figures. The unemployment rate is expected to remain at 5.8 per cent. "If we see better than expected unemployment the market should respond positively ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Bureau of Statistics releases September labour force data at 1130 AEDT on Thursday, with economists expecting the unemployment rate to remain at 5.8 per cent. In other economic news, NAB releases its September quarter Australian residential property ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... streak on the Dow and S&P 500. The buying came on the heels of the Labor Department's report that new claims for unemployment benefits sank by 5,000 to 305,000 last week. Analysts had predicted jobless claims, a sign of the pace of layoffs, had increased ...

No news, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... but...nah. 'Twas the release of the latest US jobless claims report that showed fewer Americans than expected filed for unemployment benefits last week that cheered Wall Street. This, as per Bloomberg, highlights "labor-market gains that are shoring ...

QE infinity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013

Taper? What taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013

John Hewson calls for overhaul of superannuation system

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... Australian economy is facing a difficult period, with growing concerns about the slowdown in mining as well as rising unemployment figures. "The economy is slowing down more than politicians have admitted. Reserve bank interest rates haven't done the ...

Friday the 13th spook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013