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She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... rate to 8.6% in November from 9.2% in the previous month is highly suspect and/or due to the sharp drop in the participation rate - Americans are discouraged from looking for work because they can't find one anyway - but the underlying indications from ...

Cry of the banshee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... - it rose to 9.2% in June from 9.1% the month before -- despite less workers looking for jobs in June. The participation rate fell to 64.1% -- the lowest since March 1984 -- from 64.2% in May. Based on the official Bureau of Statistics (BLS) report ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... million in the month. Full-time employment fell by 22,000, and part-time employment was up 29,800. The May participation rate was 65.6 per cent, steady from April. "While this is not a great signal for the economy, it does provide further evidence that ...

Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... expected climb to 9.0 per cent and... and the fall in the jobless rate was not followed by a "but" because the participation rate was unchanged at 64.2 per cent - no one gave up looking for work in March from Feb. US employment is heading in the right ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... per cent in January. The pessimists again reason that this drop was due to less people looking for work. The participation rate remained at a 27-year low of 64.2 in February. And for greater impact, they cite U6 or that measure of the unemployment rate ...

Best house in the slums

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... unemployment rate dipped to 5.2 per cent from 5.4 per cent in October. Best of all, this was achieved despite the participation rate rising to a record 66.1 per cent in November. Sure this would add upward pressure on wages and therefore, general inflation. ...

Long-term fixes for super inequity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
Superannuation reforms such as a maternity-linked bonus super payment from the government and a review of the $450 monthly income threshold could go a long way into reducing the savings gap between men and women. The differences in superannuation median ...

IFSA rebrands to the Financial Services Council

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
The Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) is changing its name to the Financial Services Council, signalling a move to broaden its reach and influence. The peak body represents retail and wholesale funds management institutions spanning ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... unemployment rate dropped to 9.7 per cent in January from 10.0 per cent in December despite an increase in the participation rate. Jobs in the service, mining and manufacturing sectors all increased significantly last month. Likewise, wages rose in January ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... inching down to 5.5 per cent from 5.6 per cent in the previous month. And no, this wasn't caused by a drop in the participation rate like the one that kept the US jobless rate unchanged at 10 per cent in December. Jobs were actually created - all 35,200 ...

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