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Economics

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
The Australian stock market was higher in early trade following on from Wednesday's strong gains and Wall Street hitting record highs overnight.

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
Looks like I owe Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard an apology - big time!

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall STreet where both the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 reached record highs for a third straight session.

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
The Australian stock market was higher in early trade following on from Wednesday's strong gains and Wall Street hitting record highs overnight.

Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
The report showed 281,000 Americans found jobs in the private sector in June. This is the biggest monthly addition since the 293K added back in November 2012 and... it beat even the most optimistic guess for a 240K gain.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after both the Dow Jones and the S& P 500 reached record highs for the second session in a row, buoyed by good jobs figures.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
A rebound in the local banking sector has helped the Australian share market to open higher, after Wall Street stocks surged to new records.

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
Wall Street went on a tear, sending the Dow (up 0.8%), the S&P 500 (up 0.7%) and the Russell 2000 (up 1.1%) indices up, up and away to new record highs.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street stocks barrelled to new records, following strong US car sales and Chinese manufacturing data.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
The share market has made a flat start to the new financial year.