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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... worked in 2016," said General Manager of the ABS' Macroeconomic Statistics Division, Bruce Hockman. The trend unemployment rate remained steady at 5.7%. The participation rate also remained steady at 64.8%. IT jobs boom Employers are intending to hire ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... their incomes - full-timers' income are expected to be more "permanent" than part-timers. Likewise, while the unemployment rate nudged up to 5.8% in June from 5.7% in the previous month, this is largely due to the increase in the participation rate - ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... that May's number was an outlier and easing concerns about the strength of the US economy. Likewise, while the unemployment rate edged higher to a worse than expected 4.9% in June from 4.7% in the previous month, it adds more evidence to the strength ...

So what if Australia loses its 'AAA'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... below-trend economic performance. We estimate headline GDP growth to be around 3% in fiscal year 2016, and the unemployment rate has fallen from last year's cyclical high. Significant currency depreciation is spurring services exports, particularly education ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... part-time employment - rising by 17,900 - accounted for all of last month's gain. Full time jobs were flat. The unemployment rate stayed where it was since March, steady at 5.7% and in line with market expectations as the participation rate remained ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... Committee met in April indicates that the pace of improvement in the labor market has slowed... although the unemployment rate has declined". According to the FOMC statement, the slowdown in the labour market came just as "growth in economic activity ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... - as perhaps an aberration, to look pass the single month's weak number and look instead at the drop in the unemployment rate from 5.0% in April to 4.7% last month. These Fedspeaks are, of course, to be expected. The Fed's credibility would be shot if ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... workers given pnk slips in March. Year-on-year, full time jobs grew by 1.0% in April, the same as March. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.7% but the participation rate eased to 64.8% from 64.9% in March. Philadelphia Fed business outlook ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... March from 2.2% in the previous month and less than market expectations for an acceleration to 2.3%. The UK unemployment rate remained at 5.1% in March, unchanged since November last year.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... since 1991. The Olympics has also not impacted job creation with latest available data showing the country's unemployment rate rising to 10.9% in the Match quarter from 9.0% in the December quarter of last year. Current political uncertainties and the ...