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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... in July after a 0.6% 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% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... another excitement (confusion?) to financial markets when the seasonality adjusted headline measures of the domestic labour market produced conflicting outcomes. Total employment fell by 3,900 in August, disappointing market expectations for a 15,000 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... remaining unchanged at 64.9% in July from June. However, the details of the jobs report show that the Australian labour market may not be as healthy as the headline numbers suggest. This is because part-timers accounted for all of last month's jobs growth ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... exerted slightly more downward pressure over the period". "Momentum in the domestic economy, particularly around the labour market, is likely to improve over the next few months. Furthermore, developments in the commodity markets and the outlook for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... latest reading does not support the strength conveyed by the non-farm payrolls report. The LMCI is derived from 19 labour market indicators covering "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... 26-27 July FOMC meeting suggests that the Fed, instead, would soon be resuming its run... the other way because the labour market has "strengthened" and household spending is "growing strongly". Recent updates on these two indicators - both stronger ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... a 10,000 increase - but the underlying details of the report provided positive underpinnings for the Australian labour market and the economy. Full-time jobs increased by 38,400 in June, more than negating the 30,500 drop in part-time positions. Based ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... 8.0% down compared with its level in the same month last year, suggesting continued improvement in the country's labour market. As regards the housing market, the "the time to buy a dwelling" index declined by 1.8% while the "index of house price expectations" ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... labor market conditions index The latest instalment of the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) - a summary of 19 labour market indicators - confirmed the rebound in US employment in June but unlike the strong non-farm payrolls report, it still indicates ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... - the highest level since June 2012 - over the month of June and up 8.0% year-on-year, suggest that the domestic labour market is at least starting from a position of strength as the uncertainties unravel. Internet job ads increased by 0.6% over the ...