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Chief economist update: Three minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... meeting reveal that our central bank sees the next move in the official cash rate to be up, provided that the unemployment rate declines and inflation rises in line with its forecast. But data dependence says, this won't be too soon as evidence by recent ...

Chief economist update: Wagering on wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... employment roster in 2017, a significant jump from the 109,000 additional workers employed in the previous year. The unemployment rate is down to 5.5% in January this year from 5.6 at the end of 2017 and 5.8% at 2016's finish. Still, as Luci Ellis - ...

Record high returns elusive in 2018: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... "This sounds low but it's pretty good for a country with a declining population. They've got an incredibly low unemployment rate at 2.8%," he said. China will see a modest slow down after years of deceleration but grow about 6%, he said. Overall, Baur ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street wails on inflation indications

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... expectations for a 175,000 gain and the previous month's tally was revised higher by 12,000 to 160,000. The unemployment rate remained at a 17-year low of 4.1% for the fourth straight month in January. It's great numbers but the more important stat for ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... should. Growth is faster - GDP increased by 2.5% in the year to December 2017 quarter versus 1.8% in 2016 - the unemployment rate is down to 4.1% at the end of 2017 from 4.8% at the beginning; the US dollar is cheaper; and then there's the tax cuts which ...

Chief economist update: Build, build, and build some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... jobs through these projects during Duterte's term, which runs until 2022." This is sure to bring the country's unemployment rate lower still. The unemployment rate dropped sharply to 5.0% in the December 2017 quarter from 5.6% in the third quarter, marking ...

Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... 63,600 added in November - itself, more than triple market expectations for an 18,000 increase. For sure, the unemployment rate edged up to a higher-than-expected 5.5% last month from 5.4% in November but this is also a positive indication for the labour ...

Chief economist update: Consumers don't spend on confidence alone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... "the most positive start to a calendar year since 2010" is instructive... and cautionary. Just like today, the unemployment rate was heading lower -5.3% in January 2010 to 4.9% by the end of the year - and GDP growth has sped up from 2.1% to 2.8%. These ...

Chief economist update: iPhone and Black Friday sales ring up retail registers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... This is also consistent with other domestic indicators. While the Australian labour market is improving - the unemployment rate is at its lowest level since February 2013 (5.4%) - wage growth remains sluggish. The wage price index grew by 2.0% in the ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... underpinnings through the government's past stimulus measures." Japan's labour market stats indicate it would. Japan's unemployment rate fell to a 24-year low of 2.7% in November with the jobs-to-applicants ratio rising to a 44-year high of 1.56 in the ...