澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-07

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Governor Glenn Stevens put it down to an improvement in local business borrowing, house values and share prices. He indicates rates may remain steady for some time. But some analysts² are still predicting another consumer-boosting cut in time for Christmas.

 

They'll whomever, Whoever wins the US presidential election has the national problem of unemployment facing them. September figures show the number of job vacancies³ dropped by 100,000 to its, the fewest in five months. 

 

More than 12 million Americans are unemployed⁴. On average, three people competing for each job vacancy⁵. In a healthy economy, the ratio is roughly two to one. 

 

Let's take a look at the markets now.

 

The Dow's up 126 points. The Nasdaq climbed 11. The S&P 500 also gained 11. And in London overnight, the FTSE is ,was up 46 points.

 

To commodity prices.

 

West Texas Crude is trading at 89 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is trading at 114 US dollars a barrel. And gold is worth 1716 US dollars an ounce.

 

The Australian dollar is buying 104 US cents, 81 Euro cents and 65 pence sterling⁶.

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