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Fed's unfunded liabilities balloon to $80bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... Future Fund strategy to contain the fiscal blow out. The figures, contained in the latest Mercer analysis from the Department of Finance in Canberra, show the combined unfunded liability for the Public Sector Super and Commonwealth Super Schemes scheme ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases construction work done data for the March quarter. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations releases its skilled job vacancies survey. State Street Global Markets releases its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... apartments in the US fell 12.8 per cent last month to the lowest pace on records going back a half-century, the Commerce Department said. Analysts had expected housing starts to rise. The report did contain some positive signs, including a rebound in ...

Bull market on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... Wall Street ignored last night's report of a worse-than-expected initial jobless claims tally. According to the US Department of Labor, initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 637,000 in the week ending 9 May. More than the 610,000 expected ...

Pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... indeed bad and gave the market reason to question whether the 'green shoots' were beginning to decay. The US Commerce Department reported that retail sales fell by a bigger-than-expected 0.4 per cent in April, down 10.1 per cent from a year ago. Underlying ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... continues in the Federal Court in Perth. AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd and Santos Ltd hold annual general meetings, and department store David Jones Ltd releases third quarter sales figures. The Australian share market gave up strong early gains to close ...

The good in the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... news that the US economy sank deeper into the recessionary hole in the first quarter of this year. The US Commerce Department's first estimate of US real GDP showed the economy contracted at annualised rate of 6.1 per cent in the period from January ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... US economy and were encouraged by a Federal Reserve statement that the pace of contraction was easing. The Commerce Department's first estimate of first quarter gross domestic product (GDP) showed the world's largest economy contracted at a 6.1 percent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... by 2011 without government aid. Economic reports showed declines, but were also not as bad as expected. The Commerce Department reported new US homes sales fell 0.6 per cent in March, but were stronger than anticipated following an upward revision to ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... Street retreated last night apparently shocked at reports of an unexpected fall in US retail sales. The US Commerce Department reported that retail sales fell 1.1 per cent in March with sales ex-autos declining 0.9 per cent. Expectations were for a 0.3 ...