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Subjected to interpretation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... by the polar vortex and BLS revisions to the data and the many moving parts - employment, unemployment rate, participation rate, weekly hours worked, etc - in the report, it would help to keep our fingers crossed.

Good, bad: all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... October from 7.2% in the previous month. And this time, the uptick is accompanied by a corresponding drop in the participation rate from 63.2% to 62.8% -- the lowest since 1978. Lesser people looking for work and yet the unemployment rate went up? That's ...

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... - down to 7.2% in September from 7.9% at the start of this year. But it was adulterated by the fall in the participation rate to 63.2% -- the lowest since 1978. So quando, quando, quando? Financial markets are now bracing for a March taper (give or take ...

QE infinity anybody?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... Yup, it's the unemployment rate dropping to 6.5% but provided that this fall is not due to declines in the participation rate. Perhaps, if you and I and Irene focused on this, we would not be surprised a tiny bit that the Fed did what it did last month...not ...

TPD insurance prices up 10%

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance prices have gone up 10% in the last year, but the insurance market is still under pressure from increasing claim rates and failure to adapt products to social trends. A Rice Warner Wholesale Insurance Market ...

Adapt clients to slower global growth: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... leaving the work force." If the economy was creating jobs, people would be going back to the work force and the participation rate would be growing, instead of falling.

Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... another 70,000 to the total jobs tally. The unemployment rate steadied at 7.6% due largely to an increase in the participation rate (yup, more workers are encouraged to look for jobs). Wall Street has come back around to what Virginia and I have been ...

Not strong enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... in the US labour market since 2010 - i.e., 150K monthly addition to payrolls and half a point decline in the participation rate per year. And that's barring unforeseen events that could disrupt the positive momentum in America between now and the "late ...

Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... expectations. Plus, the unemployment rate rose to its highest level since September 2009 to 5.6%. Plus, the participation rate fell. Plus, the aggregate monthly hours worked dropped. You know what follows don't you now Virginia? Interest rate cuts are ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... steadying at 5.4% -- actually, the jobless rate was lower in February 5.37% against January's 5.40% -- for the participation rate increased to 65.3% last month from 65.0%. Could it be that we've finally arrived? That the lagging indicator that is employment ...