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C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... from October's 13-year high reading of 90.5. And so they should. There's jobs galore - at 4.1% in October, the unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in 17 years - and then there's the wealth effect from the rising stock market and house prices - ...

What price Brexit certainty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... in September and expectations for a 2,300 increase. This helps explain, as well as presage, the country's low unemployment rate (4.3% in the September quarter).... and back to trade. The country's trade deficit narrowed to £2.75bn in September from ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... just 3,700 in October compared with the 26,600 added in September and expectations for a 17,500 gain. Sure, the unemployment rate dipped to 5.4% in October from 5.5% in the previous month but this is only thanks to the dip in the participation rate to ...

Australian business conditions gone gangbusters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... 2017; retail spending was growing at annual rate of 7.7% compared with 1.4% in the year to September 2017; the unemployment rate was at 4.25 compared with 5.5% currently. NAB's Group Economics team explains the surge in business conditions "stems from ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... third quarter from 3.1% in the June quarter which is the fastest growth rate since the March 2015 quarter. The unemployment rate dipped to a 17-year low of 4.1% in October from 4.2% in the previous month and 4.8% at the start of the year. Forward indicators ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... the first time in 11 months in October (up 101.4 from 97.9 in September) and the improving labour market (the unemployment rate dropped to 5.5% in September from 5.6% in the previous month). The erosion of household finances leaves consumers no other ...

Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... of years, in line with our longer-run objective." Indeed, the US labour market continues to strengthen. The unemployment rate dropped to a 16-year low of 4.2% in September. More telling, Yellen's measure of labour market slack, the U-6 unemployment rate ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... forward guidance on the future path of interest rates after this one (if it comes). A solid labour market - the unemployment rate was at a 42-year low of 4.3% in the three months to August - and above target inflation - headline CPI at 3% in September ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... current estimate of NAIRU is 5% with a 70% confidence interval that it's between 4% and 6%. With the latest unemployment rate tagged at 5.5% and wages still aren't ascending, you can bet with a 70% certainty that it's not 6%. The acceleration in the ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... employment is not only open but it's getting wider. The trend is our friend. This per the ABS: "The monthly trend unemployment rate has decreased by 0.2% over the past year to 5.5% in September 2017...This is the lowest rate seen since March 2013 and ...