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Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... December that followed a 423K surge in November and the unemployment rate dropping from 5.8% to 5.6% in December. The Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) advanced to a reading of 7.1 in December from 6.7 in the previous month. The annual headline inflation ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... 2016 rates lift-off. It's getting lesser press than the payrolls report and virtually not headlined, but I think the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) - which takes into account 12 labour market indicators -- developed by the Fed itself gives a better ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... expectations have remained stable... the Committee expects inflation to rise gradually toward 2% over the medium term as the labor market improves further and the transitory effects of lower energy prices and other factors dissipate". This gave me an ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... the Federal Open Market Committee met in September suggests that economic activity is expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions improved somewhat further, with solid job gains and a lower unemployment rate. On balance, a range of labor market ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... Hole that that "the decline in the unemployment rate over this period somewhat overstates the improvement in overall labor market conditions". What's needed is "convenient way to summarize the information contained in a large number of indicators". And ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... and 2 percent inflation. This assessment will take into account a wide range of information, including measures of labor market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial developments". Got that? ...

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... forward guided the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker (and their dogs and cats) that, "...based on a range of labor market indicators, that "labor market conditions improved."... Nevertheless, the Committee judged that underutilization of labor ...

FRBSF takes on Jackson Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... forward guided the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker (and their dogs and cats) that, "...based on a range of labor market indicators, that "labor market conditions improved."... Nevertheless, the Committee judged that underutilization of labor ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... central bank to respond invariably increases." The problem, according to Fed Chair Janet Yellen is: "The assessment of labor market slack is rarely simple and has been especially challenging recently. Estimates of slack necessitate difficult judgments ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... the headlines say that it's "peace" that made it jump overnight, methinks it's Janet. The title - "Re-Evaluating Labor Market Dynamics" -- of this year's Jackson Hole conference says it all. Read: "Finding New Excuses to Maintain Low Interest Rates For ...