After a stronger-than-expected US inflation figure for August, the Australian August job report blew expectations out of the water, with a 64,900 jobs created in the month, well above the 23,000 anticipated by economists. The unemployment rate stayed at 3.7 per cent in August. The data was viewed as boosting the case for the Reserve…
A tech slide dragged the ASX indices lower on Wednesday, ahead of the US inflation data coming in overnight. Consensus expectations were for the US headline consumer price index (CPI) to show core inflation at 3.6 per cent for the year to August, up from 3.2 per cent a month ago – a significant rise….
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The local share market has finished higher, helped by gains from healthcare companies CSL and Cochlear as they delivered upbeat profit results. Also, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that Australian wages rose 0.8 per cent in the June quarter, and 3.6 per cent year-on-year, which was slightly below consensus forecasts. The benchmark S&P/ASX200…
The Australian share market’s major indices dropped on Monday and the Australian dollar slipped to a nine-month low, after a Chinese developer’s potential collapse raised fresh concerns about China’s economy. Property giant Country Gardens was on the brink of default after missing payments on two bonds last week, and that spells worries for the country’s…
The Australian share market rose in a muted fashion on Thursday, assisted by the energy sector as a potential strike by Western Australian gas workers helped to cause a spike in European gas prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished 19.4 points, or 0.3 per cent, higher at 7,357.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up…
A post-result bounce in Commonwealth Bank helped lift the Australian share market on Wednesday, despite renewed worries about a softening Chinese economy, after the Middle Kingdom slipped into deflation. Chinese data showed consumer prices fell 0.3 per cent in July from a year ago, the first decline since February 2021. Producer prices also retreated for…
