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Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
Talk about perfect timing. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) disappointing update on the state of employment in America couldn't have come at a more opportune time - the time when fresh president of the US, Joe Biden, is bidding the Congress ...

Chief economist update: V in US recovery at risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
The US labour market continues to get betterer and betterer. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that total non-farm payrolls rose by 1.37 million in August - in line with market expectations and marked the fourth straight month of increase ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... There's good news and bad news in the US labour market report for July. First, the good news: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that total non-farm payrolls rose by 1.8 million in July - more than market expectations for an increase ...

Chief economist update: Blame and trim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... report show that even pipeline inflation is easing. America is not importing inflationary pressures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that US import prices slowed to an annual rate of 3.5% in the year to September from 3.8% in August and 4.8% ...

Chief economist update: Fed funds at five point O

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... focus on the labour market under-utilisation in years gone by, the U-6 unemployment rate - which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) define as: "Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... the end of last week - a 46 basis point increase from 2.41% at the end of 2017 - pushed higher by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) report confirming that US inflation is indeed moving on up. Headline CPI inflation rose by 0.5% in the month of January ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news returns?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... S&P 500 index by 1.3% and the Nasdaq Composite by 1.9% the day the music should have died when the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) confirmed that inflation was indeed lifting. Headline CPI inflation rose by 0.5% in the month of January following ...

Job openings in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
... JOLTS (job openings and labor turnover summary) a handy check on the state of the US labour market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics'(BLS) latest update showed little change in August from July: job openings remained at a robust 6.1 million (the highest ...

No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... everybody and his uncle expected hurricanes Harvey and Irma to distort the employment numbers. Even the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says so: "Our analysis suggests that the net effect of these hurricanes was to reduce the estimate of total nonfarm ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... month - could dent consumer sentiment and by extension, consumer spending. But this could be due to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) problem with seasonal adjustments. Bank of America Merrill Lynch noted the August employment has increased by an ...