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The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... expectations, and readings on financial and international developments." Labor market conditions. Check. The unemployment rate is down to 4.6%. This is now near the bottom of the Fed's 4.5% - 5.0% longer-run range as set out in its September economic ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... and the S&P 500 added just 0.04%. US employment grew in line with expectations (+178K) in November while the unemployment rate fell to 4.6% from 4.9% in October (full employment?). This is because Wall Street has resigned itself to a Fed rate hike by ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... the outlook, Ms. Emmet thinks that, "...the labour market will continue to improve at a gradual pace and the unemployment rate will continue to edge lower, supported by low interest rates and still elevated business conditions." However, the ANZ survey ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... October, upward revisions in in August and September added a total of 44K more jobs in these two months... and the unemployment rate fell to 4.9% in October from 5.0% in September. And oh, average hourly earnings rose by 2.8% in the year to October from ...

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 ...