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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... payrolls report for March is due out this Friday with consensus expecting a 210,000 addition to payrolls, the unemployment rate steady at 4.9% and average hourly earnings increasing by 0.2% (2.1% year-on-year). Stronger-than-expected outcomes could bring ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
Brazil unemployment The unemployment rate in Latin America's biggest economy jumped to 8.2% in February from 7.6% in the previous month. This is slightly higher than expectations for a rise to 8.1% but is the highest since May 2009. Hardly surprising ...

Aussie jobs trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... up by 32,700 - when Australian businesses were expected to add 13,000 more staff during the month... and the unemployment rate rising by 2 percentage points to boot to 6.0%. These are based on the readings from the seasonally adjusted estimates. The ...

Dear Chancellor

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... assessment seems rational, particularly given the continued improvement in the country's labour market. The UK's unemployment rate has fallen to 5.1% in the three months to November - the lowest level in 10 years (October quarter 2005). The lead from ...

More help wanted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... somewhat from the rapid pace seen in the December quarter, it is forecast to remain strong enough to reduce the unemployment rate further. The participation rate is likely to rise further over coming years as individuals are encouraged to enter the labour ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... annual growth rate of 1.9% -- equally as strong, if not stronger, than the boom years pre-GFC. Similarly, the unemployment rate has declined to 4.9% in January - the lowest level since February 2008 - at the same time that more Americans are re-joining ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... continued. Surveys of business conditions moved to above average levels, employment growth picked up and the unemployment rate declined in the second half of the year, even though measured GDP growth was below average. The pace of lending to businesses ...

Another Aussie jobs surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... decline in part-time positions - down by 18,500 last month. Full-time jobs increased by 17,600 in December. The unemployment rate remained steady at 5.8% but the ABS noted that it "decreased 0.1 pts to 5.8%, based on unrounded estimates" - 5.76% in December ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... gone to great lengths at assessing the likely implications of the Fed's last five rate hikes on the economy - unemployment rate, inflation, average hourly earnings, consumer confidence - and the financial markets - US dollar, S&P 500 index, MSCI world ...

Belabouring the labour market stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... month. And this, on top of another stupendous 56,100 heads added to the October payrolls. Dreaming on... the unemployment rate dropped to 5.8% in November from 5.9% in the previous month despite more Australians joining the labour market - the participation ...