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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... Kong gained 0.14 per cent or 31.04 points to 22,222.01. Markets in the region were digesting Friday's Labor Department figures, which showed the US added just 162,000 jobs in July, well below the 175,000 increase expected by analysts. The unemployment ...

Big Benny and little Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... Big Benny reminded us just yesterday -- and data out while we were sleeping confirmed his prognosis. US Labor Department figures showed that jobless claims increased by 9,000 to 429,000 in the week ended 18 June - exceeding market expectations for a ...

Rewind and replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... ruminations. Wall Street inched up overnight, but not so convincingly. So why is this? Why? Why? The latest US Labor Department figures show that initial unemployment claims dropped by 27,000 to 451,000 in the week ended 4 September. This is stronger ...

Stagflation cross-winds

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... admitted price pressures could make it harder for the Fed to ensure the economy keeps growing. Based on Labor Department figures consumer prices in the US jumped 0.4 per cent in January and are close to a 16-year high of 4.3 per cent over the past 12 ...
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