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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... in the previous three-month period, this is sharply higher than market expectations for a 0.6% increase. The unemployment rate declined to 4.9% in the third quarter from 5.0% in the June quarter, also beating expectations for an increase to 5.1%. What ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... full-time employment started trending lower since it peaked at 2.6% (year-on-year) in November last year. The unemployment rate fell to 5.6% in September from 5.7% in the previous month as the participation rate decreased to 64.5% from 64.7%. ECB monetary ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... market Despite the persistent uncertainty surrounding Brexit, the UK's labour market remains resilient. The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.9% in August - the same as in the preceding four months with the lead from the claimant count unemployment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... gain in the previous month. Russian retail sales Despite the sharp improvement in Russia's labour market - the unemployment rate fell to an 11-month low of 5.2% in August from 5.3% in the previous month and this year's peak of 6.0% (March) - retail spending ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... income hypothesis (full-timers have relatively more income permanence and therefore, would spend more). The unemployment rate edged down from 5.7% to 5.6% in August. This is better than expectations for an unchanged 5.7% rate and is the lowest level ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... doubt spurred by the lower interest rates (cash rate of 1.5% versus 2.0% last year) and employment prospects (unemployment rate at 5.7% versus 6.1% last year) with the "unemployment expectations index" declining to 138.4 in September from 141.2 in the ...

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... payrolls' a miss (in spite of the positive lead from the ADP private payrolls survey) - 126,000 versus 179,000. The unemployment rate's a miss - 4.9% actual versus 4.8% expected. The average workweek's a miss - 34.3 hours versus 34.5 hours expected. ...

Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/ben-bernanke/2016/08/08/the-feds-shifting-perspective-on-the-economy-and-its-implications-for-monetary-policy/) showed how FOMC participants' longer-term outlook "potential output growth, the natural unemployment rate ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... the "questionable" 72,400 addition in November last year - following a 10,800 gain in the previous month. The unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 5.7% (from 5.8%) despite the participation rate remaining unchanged at 64.9% in July from June. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... so good, before the Brexit vote that is. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that the country's unemployment rate stood at 4.9% in the April to June period, unchanged from the first quarter and sharply lower than the 5.6% rate recorded a ...