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A December lift if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... have remained remarkably steady, however. We anticipate that, as the effects of transitory factors subside and as labour market gains continue, inflation will gradually move back toward 2 per cent." But how long is temporary? The Fed's favoured measure ...

December lift-off, yeah, sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... in June they didn't lift when they saw employment picked up by 260K in May from 187K in the previous month. The Labour Market Conditions Index (LMCI) was 1.6 in May, 1.2 in August and now (September) at zero. When they met on 16-17 September, inflation ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... the report would be sliced, diced and scoured for conflicting or confirming signals of the true state of the US labour market. And if these aren't enough to get the market sentiment seesaw going, a number of Fed officials - Janet included - are scheduled ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... Irene have seen the data alright and they paint a picture of a US economy that's growing above trend with a strong labour market but also with below-target inflation. We should be happy with Jan, that she opted to err on the side of caution. The driving ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... 5.1% in August (way ahead of Fed staff central tendency projections of 5.2% - 5.3% by December this year). A strong labour market will lift confidence and consumption and then inflation. Inflation says no. Annual headline inflation was only 0.2% in July ...

Lift Janet lift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... threw a bone to every dog of every persuasion which means, it provided nada, zilch, zippo. However, subsequent US labour market indicators point to continued strength. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report - released after the payrolls ...

Labour market says go, inflation says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... even before the Fed consider the international environment and financial markets. But what's the Fed to do when the labour market says go but inflation says no?

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... information were consistent with the momentum in consumption growth being sustained." Perhaps, better. "Members noted that labour market conditions had been a little better than expected over the previous few months, although spare capacity still remained". ...

All right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... number remains above the 200K - the level of new jobs growth widely considered as the baseline for an improving labour market. More, the jobs miss in July was due to the upward revision in employment gains in June, which together with May, increased ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... improvement in the labor market..." For Bloomberg, it was all about the dropping or adding of "modifiers". "The labour market continued to improve, with solid job gains and declining unemployment," the Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement ...