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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 ...

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 ...

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