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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... Herring said. Only 18,000 jobs were created in June, 83 per cent fewer than economists forecast, which pushed the US unemployment rate up to 9.2 per cent, the US Labour Department said. As well, China's inflation rate touched 6.4 per cent in June, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... on Friday. Only 18,000 jobs were created in June, 83 per cent fewer than economists forecast. That pushed the US unemployment rate up to 9.2 per cent, the US Labour Department reported on Friday. The federal government's carbon tax announcement will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... the next few sessions to be muted as investors stay away ahead of key economic data, including the release of a US unemployment insurance claims report. The HSI got a lift from the Dow's 0.65 per cent rise on Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing streak ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... 651 stocks up, 348 down and 371 unchanged. Wall Street closed higher on Friday, as traders welcomed a drop in US unemployment to 8.8 per cent in March, from 8.9 per cent in February. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index ended up 0.46 per cent.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... cent, higher at 4,954.6 points. NEW YORK - US stock markets closed higher on Friday as traders welcomed a drop in US unemployment. Consumer goods firms led the Dow's rise, after news that the US jobless rate fell for the fourth straight month in March ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... payrolls (NFP) report, which showed the world's largest economy added 192,000 jobs in February. Moreover, the US unemployment rate fell to 8.9 per cent, the lowest since April 2009. But the positive sentiment was offset by the ongoing conflict in Libya ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said losses on global markets in response to the US unemployment figures had dragged the local market lower on Friday. But Wall Street had overreacted to the news, he said. "I think ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... then. No one believed the recovery and consequent strong growth because jobs were being created real slow. The US unemployment rate did not peak until 15 months after the 1990/91 recession ended. In 2001, the jobless rate went up and up 19 months after ...

Squared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... because the all-important US non-farm payrolls report is due for release tomorrow. Financial markets expect the US unemployment rate to nudge up to 9.6 per cent in July. Employment is expected to fall by 65,000 as more Census workers are let go. Private ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... US initial jobless claims. According to reports Wall Street had another good night because initial claims for US unemployment insurance dropped by more than expected. Claims fell by 21,000 to 454,000 last week versus expectations that they would drop ...

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