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The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... mid-2009 to 0.8% by 2013 and 0.6% based on the December 2016 quarter estimates. The recently-released Australian 'Labour Force' report - that showed continuing losses in full-time employment (in year-on-year, seasonally adjusted terms) -- helps explain ...

Boring but the trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... next, or vice-versa. The seasonally-adjusted estimates for January of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Labour Force' report once again sparked divergent views on the true state of the domestic labour market. The headline numbers were certainly ...

Ageing societies threaten to undermine global economy

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... issue, which he said was historically unprecedented on a global scale, is the gradual retraction in growth of the labour force - in fact, highly aged population force would see the labour force begin to shrink significantly by the end of the century. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Australia employment The heading of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Labour Force, Australia" report says it all, "Shift to part-time employment continues". Overall employment fell by 9,800 in September following an 8,600 decline in August ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... and/or beat expectations one month and disappoint the next, or vice-versa. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Labour Force' report provided another excitement (confusion?) to financial markets when the seasonality adjusted headline measures ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... the last six months, according to trend figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The latest Labour Force data shows over the past month, trend employment increased by 8,300 people to 11,933,400. Trend full-time employment increased ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... is largely due to the increase in the participation rate - up to 64.9% from 64.8% in May - as workers re-enter the labour force, encouraged that there are jobs to find. To be sure, this could be a function of the Australian economy's increasing momentum ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... month, it adds more evidence to the strength of the US jobs market as more workers are encouraged to re-join the labour force as reflected in the pickup in the participation rate from 62.6% to 62.7% in June. The S&P 500 index broke above the 2,130.82 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... "lower exchange rate since 2013". However, the RBA expects inflation to remain low for some time due to "subdued growth in labour costs and very low cost pressures elsewhere in the world". On Brexit, the RBA declared that, "Any effects of the referendum ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Australia employment The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Labour Force, Australia" report showed that an estimated 17,900 jobs were created in May. This was more than consensus expectations for a 15,000 gain but part-time employment - rising ...