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Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... Force report showed that the number of unemployed dropped by 37,200 heads in September (from August) taking the unemployment rate to 5.0% - less than market expectations for an unchanged reading of 5.3% and the lowest rate since April 2012. In addition ...

Chief economist update: Blame and trim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... also less than expectations for a pick-up to 2.3%. Despite the strength of the US economy - underscored by an unemployment rate (3.7%) that's down to a 49-year low - inflation hasn't significantly accelerated (and given the latest CPI report ...

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... also less than expectations for a pick-up to 2.3%. Despite the strength of the US economy - underscored by an unemployment rate (3.7%) that's down to a 49-year low - inflation hasn't significantly accelerated (and given the latest CPI report ...

Chief economist update: US bond yield jump made FTSE slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... in 2018 Q2 and by 0.6% in the three months to July. The UK labour market has continued to tighten, with the unemployment rate falling to 4.0% and the number of vacancies rising further." True that. The unemployment rate has remained at a 43-year low ...

Chief economist update: That other Fed policy towards normalcy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... September. This provides a positive lead to Friday night's non-farm payrolls report for September where the unemployment rate is expected to remain at 3.9% (just a tick above the 18-year of 3.8% recorded in May). These reports provided a timely backdrop ...

RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... The RBNZ predicts GDP growth of 2.7% this year and 2.6% in 2019 before accelerating to 3.4% in 2020. While the unemployment rate remains low, the tick up to 4.5% in the June quarter from the nine-month low of 4.4% in the previous quarter ended five straight ...

Three down one to go, then another three in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... activity has been rising at a strong rate. Job gains have been strong, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has stayed low. Household spending and business fixed investment have grown strongly. On a 12-month basis, both overall inflation ...

Chief economist update: Confidence down, conditions up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... historical patterns) is consistent with jobs growth of around 23,000 per month. This is consistent with a declining unemployment rate over the latter part of 2018." Stocks (inventories) increased four points to a reading of +6 and the jumped in forward ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... its neighbours. But first the stats. US non-farm payrolls increased by 201,000 in the month of August with the unemployment rate unchanged at 3.9% - just a tick above the 18-year low recorded in May this year. Although the strength of employment in August ...

The BOE's got no problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... labour market stats since then indicate that it doesn't have to wait until 2019 for that slack to close. The unemployment rate has dropped further from a 42-year low of 4.2% to a 43-year low of 4% in the three months to June. The decline in the jobless ...