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May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... last year. Lower borrowing costs should enable the country to focus on growing its economy and reversing the rising unemployment in the country (26.3% as at February). Hopefully contagion works in reverse too with increasing confidence for Spain flowing ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... Shamu said the local bourse had taken its lead from the continued upward momentum of US markets. "That sharp drop in unemployment claims (in the US) was quite impressive," Mr Shamu said. "That really helped US markets, and, in turn, Australian equities ...

Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... a decade (employment dropped by 44,200 in March 2003) and more than four times less than expectations. Plus, the unemployment rate rose to its highest level since September 2009 to 5.6%. Plus, the participation rate fell. Plus, the aggregate monthly ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... Composite Index rose 2.91 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 3,300.16. The Labor Department reported that new claims for unemployment benefits came in at 346,000 last week, well below the 365,000 expected by analysts. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose ...

Interest rate to fall to 2.5%: NAB

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... manufacturing sector. New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released today show that the nation's unemployment rate rose to 5.6% in March, the highest jobless rate since September 2009. Consumer confidence, Oster continued, has also shown ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... punchbowl away halfway through the party only ends in tears. He's not going to do that now...at least not until the US unemployment rate hits 6.5% or below and/or inflation rises above 2.5%. These are the signposts markets should be watching. So why ...

Missing the forest for the trees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... payrolls - employment grew by only 88,000 last month, less than half expectations for an addition of 200,000. Sure, the unemployment rate lessened to 7.6% from 7.7% in February, but only because of the reduction in those Americans looking for work. Slowing ...

2011 and 2012 Redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... Employment growth tanked far below the average analyst estimate of 192,000 jobs. The Labor Department also reported the unemployment rate ticked down 7.6 per cent from 7.7 per cent in February, due to people dropping out of the workforce. The pullback ...

Asian bonds insulated from Cyprus turmoil

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... movement on 10-year Treasuries is also going to be very, very slow. The US economy is a long way off achieving the Fed's unemployment target."