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Go ahead BOE, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... monetary policy council next meets. Its twin mandate - full employment and stable inflation - dictates so. The UK's unemployment rate dropped to a 42-year low of 4.2% in the three months to July but inflation - both headline and core - remained above ...

No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... estimate of total nonfarm payroll employment for September." But "There was no discernible effect on the national unemployment rate." The unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% - the lowest level since February 2001 - from 4.4% in August despite increased ...

The British pound's sterling reversal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... support consumption growth further out." At an annual pace of about 2% over the past few months, despite the unemployment rate dropping to a 42-year low (May 1975) of 4.3% in the three months to July - yes, a let up in escalating consumer prices could ...

Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... annual job creation rate of about 270,000 (or 22,000 per month) in coming months, which is sufficient to see the unemployment rate push lower (all else unchanged)..." Forward orders increased from three to four last month driven by a large increase in ...

Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... 2.1% in January to 1% in June, the same with the core rate (down from 1.7% to 0.9% over the same period). The unemployment rate declined from 6.8% in January to 6.5% in June. If the BOC was trying to slow growth - it was not concerned with low inflation ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... August non-farm payrolls report - employment grew by a less-than-expected 156,000 from 189,000 in July; the unemployment rate increased to 4.4% from 4.3% and average hourly earnings slowed to 0.1% in August from 0.3% in the previous month - could dent ...

The negatives in the positive jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... Force report were undeniably positive - employment up by a better than expected 27,900 in July from June; the unemployment rate dipped to 5.6% from 5.7%; and the participation rate increased to 65.1% from 65 (suggesting optimism among workers in finding ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... consumer spending would lead to a deterioration of the overall economy and the labour market. The RBA predicts the unemployment rate (5.6% in June) to be around 5%-6% through to the end of 2019. We'll get the July tally later today. But perhaps we're ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... year to the second quarter from 1.9% in the first quarter. This is the fastest growth rate in six years. The unemployment rate in the region has steadily fallen to 9.1% in June - the lowest level since 2009 - after peaking at 12.1% in July 2013. Unlike ...

Low-flation becoming less transitory?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... inflation is transitory. More so given the strength in the US labour market, underscored by another dip in the unemployment rate to 4.3% in July - the lowest level in 16 years. The Jobs Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data confirmed the very ...