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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... February (revised from 5.9%). The participation rate was unchanged at 64.9%. Continued improvement in the Australian labour market should help reverse the two-month erosion in consumer confidence. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... 'time to buy a dwelling' plunged by 9.2% in April and by 12.3% over the past 12 months. However, the outlook for the labour market was positive with the 'unemployment expectations index' declining by 1.8% in the month of April (read, reduced unemployment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... are expected to ease this month as the 3.0% surcharge comes into effect. However, low interest rates and a strong labour market will continue to underpin house prices (notwithstanding 'Brexit' uncertainty). Philippine foreign exchange reserves The Bangko ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... for 23.7% and 22.5%, respectively while 18.8% reside in the NT and 1.26% in TAS. US ADP private payrolls The US labour market remains robust. This is the indication from the latest ADP employment report that showed 200,000 workers were hired by private ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
US personal income and outlays Sluggish US personal income and spending data have doused speculations of an April rate hike - prompted by St. Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments last week that, "You get another strong jobs report, it looks ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... contraction in the third quarter. Continued pessimism among Brazilian companies suggests the outlook for the country's labour market remains dim. While business confidence improved for a third consecutive month to 37.4 in March from 37.1 in February ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... latest update on the Fed's dual mandate - employment and inflation - has turned more favourable for the hawks. The US labour market remains solidly strong, core inflation had been above the Fed's 2.0% target since November last year to 2.2% in January ...

Market confidence marches in March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... US non-farm payrolls report - up by a bigger than expected 242K in February - points to solid growth in America's labour market and gives the Fed reason to proceed with policy normalisation, the soft global economy is cause enough for second thoughts. ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... last month. This puts the Fed's favoured inflation measure at the top the 1.5%-1.7% forecast for 2016. Continued labour market strength and gains in personal income and spending would lend further support to rising prices. This is good news for the RBA ...

Australian wages grow slowest on record but real is better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
... wages growth could be attributed to below trend growth in the Australian economy and the corresponding slack in the labour market, as well as lowered inflation expectations. The same factors that would keep growth in workers' pay relatively subdued over ...