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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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... surprising". "Hiring looks to be taking a breather for the time being and further significant inroads into the unemployment rate may be more difficult to achieve in the near term." US Labor Market Conditions Index As if confirming the latest disappointing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... with the index printing above 50 - rising to a 52.0 reading in April from 46.5 in March. UK labour market The unemployment rate in the United Kingdom remained steady at 5.1% in the January quarter, unchanged from the previous two quarters. With the jobless ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... declined by 8,800 over the month but these were more than offset by a 34,900 increase in part-time jobs. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.7% in March - the lowest since September 2013 -- from 5.8% in February (revised from 5.9%). The participation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... 2.7% in February. The weakness in retail spending appears to be at odds with the buoyant labour market - the unemployment rate at 5.0% remains at an 8-year low - but not when soft wages growth is considered. Growth in US average weekly earnings had been ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... January and 4.1% in December. The disappointing retail spending result is inconsistent with the improvement in the unemployment rate - to 5.8% in February from 6.0% in the previous month - ad business confidence - up to 3.4 from 2.7 in January - and ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... The latest US non-farm payrolls report showed employed increased by a higher-than-expected 215K in March, the unemployment rate ticked up to 5.0% from 4.9% in February (but this was due to the more jobseekers coming onto the market, participation rate ...

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