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Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... of - employment and inflation - are not on red alert levels. Instead, the latest instalment showed that the unemployment rate dropped to 5.9% in October to 6.2% in the previous month - and this, alongside an increase in the participation rate from 64.9% ...

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... projections, I found this: Real GDP growth 2008 2009 2010 1.0 to 1.6 2.0 to 2.8 2.5 to 3.0 Actual -2.8 -0.2 2.7 Unemployment Rate 5.5 to 5.7 5.3 to 5.8 5.0 to 5 Actual 7.3 9.9 9.3 Core PCE Inflation 2.2 to 2.4 2.0 to 2.2 1.8 to 2.0 Actual 1.4 1.5 1.0 ...

Mother's Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... monumental." Expectations for a December lift-off would rise or fall depending on whether the actuals - employment add, unemployment rate, average weekly earnings, etc. - beat or disappoint market expectations. So what is the market expecting? A Reuters' ...

Good tidings sway RBA to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... unemployment expectations dropped by 16.3% and expectations for family finances increased by 3.5%. More. The unemployment rate has declined to around 6.2% -- instead of ratchetting up to the 6.5% - 7.0% levels predicted a while back. The strong uptrend ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... 180,000 increase. Worse, revisions to the previous two months subtracted a total of 59,000 to payrolls. While the unemployment rate steadied at 5.1% in September from August, this is largely due to the drop in the participation rate from 64.6% to an ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... that equally important Non-farm payrolls report. Markets expect employment to grow by 203,000 in August and the unemployment rate to remain unchanged at 5.1%. But as has been the practice in recent months, the report would be sliced, diced and scoured ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... non-farm payrolls report says go - they've met that "further improvement in the labor market" condition -- with the unemployment rate dropping to 5.1% in August (way ahead of Fed staff central tendency projections of 5.2% - 5.3% by December this year). ...

Labour market says go, inflation says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... Those expecting the Fed to pull the lift-off trigger at their 16-17 September FOMC meeting are correct. The unemployment rate dropped from 5.3% in July to 5.1% in August - the lowest level since April 2008 and is heading towards the lower end of the ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... provide greater clarity. Actuals that are better than the 223,000 additional jobs expected for August and 5.2% unemployment rate (from 5.3% in July) could ramp up the odds for a September lift. Then again, the US employment alone is pregnant with other ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... been a little better than expected over the previous few months, although spare capacity still remained". "The unemployment rate was expected to be a little lower than previously forecast". Although the RBA acknowledged the medium term risk of the uncertainty ...