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The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Thursday fell by -0.47%. The dollar Thursday moved lower for the third straight session and posted a 10-week low. Thursday’s U.S. PPI and initial unemployment claims reports were dovish for Fed policy and weighed on the dollar. A rally in the euro Thursday to...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.55%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.30%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +1.24%. U.S. stock indexes this morning are moderately higher after...

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose for the first time in three weeks, largely due to a jump in California and suggesting some more softening in the labor market.

Despite warnings of a global economic downturn, Australia has again defied the odds with its official unemployment rate remaining steady at 3.5% in March.

Watch: The latest unemployment figures have just been released, with the jobless rate in Australia remaining unchanged at 3.5 per cent. Thousands of

At 3.5% the unemployment rate remains near its lowest since the mid-1970s

New labour market data shows the jobless rate holding at 3.5 per cent, with 53,000 jobs added to the economy.

The unemployment rate remains steady at 3.5 per cent, with the creation of an estimated 53,000 jobs in March.

Workers are still in short supply and the labour market is unlikely to reveal signs of loosening as the effects of inflation work through the economy.

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Following a change in seasonal adjustment calculations, the U.S. Department of Labor on April 6 revised its figure for new applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits for the week ending March 25 (the week before the changes were announced) from 198,000 to 246,000—an increase of about 24%. The four-week moving…