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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... indicators on the health of the US economic recovery. Inflation reached an annualised 3.6 per cent in May, the Labor Department said, indicating that rising prices threaten to chew away at consumers' earnings. Meanwhile a Federal Reserve report showed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... ended down 1.02 per cent, by 31.94 points, at 3,113.73. US jobs data released Friday sent US stocks down as the Labor Department reported that the economy added a paltry 54,000 jobs in May. The Japanese market was dragged by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... Eurozone and European Union finance ministers are expected to discuss Greece at meetings on Monday and Tuesday. The Labor Department reported its consumer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.4 per cent in April, lifted by surging gasoline prices ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... The biggest corporate hiring spree in five years ended a weeklong slide in the US stock market on Friday. The Labor Department reported private employers hired 268,000 people last month, the most since February 2006. Taking into account job cuts of government ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... slowdown in growth in the first quarter to 1.8 per cent from 3.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2010. The Labor Department reported new claims for unemployment insurance benefits surged more than expected last week to 429,000, the highest level since ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... most of the day after claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly for the first time in three weeks. The Labor Department said 412,000 people applied for unemployment benefits last week. Economists expected claims to fall. Ford Motor Co fell 1.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... rebel victory. There were also slightly disappointing reports on new unemployment claims and factory orders. The Labor Department said fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, signaling that companies may be slowing layoffs. The number ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... US economy is improving helped investors put aside fears over Japan's nuclear crisis, if only temporarily. The Labor Department reported that the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell more than economists expected last week. Ongoing ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... February. The four-week moving average of claims has fallen significantly below 400K to 388,500. Remember what the US Labor Department said before? That "it takes a sustained improvement below 400k to have any appreciable effect on unemployment." We ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... 175,000 gain - from an upwardly revised 189,000 increase in the previous month. Today (yesterday's tomorrow), the Labor Department reported that jobless claims fell to 368,000 -- the lowest level for claims since May 2008 - ending 26 February. I've always ...