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Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... the domestic economy, forecasting GDP growth of 2.6% this year and 3.1% in 2018 - one that would lower the current jobless rate from 5.7% (January 2017) to 5.5% by the end of 2017 and 5.3% next year. This is at the low end of the Reserve Bank of Australia's ...

Jobs and jobless rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
There's good news and bad news in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the country's labour market. The unemployment rate increased to 5.8% in December, the highest rate since June this year and was more than expectations for ...

Brexit where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... months to November with the employment rate holding at a record high 74.5%. This compares with the 9.8% (November) jobless rate in the Eurozone. The lead from the claimant count unemployment - down 10,100 in December - suggests continued labour market ...

Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... offset a slight dip, albeit, still expanding services sector (down to 53.7 from 53.8). Across the region, the lowest jobless rate was recorded in Germany (4.1%) and Malta (4.8%) while Greece (23.1%) and Spain (19.2%) had the highest.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... August following a 5.3% in July and are worse than expectations for a 4.8% decline. This is because while Russia's jobless rate is falling, wages continue to decreased, down by 1.0% in the year to August after declining by 1.3% in the previous month. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... United Kingdom remained steady at 5.1% in the January quarter, unchanged from the previous two quarters. With the jobless rate remaining at near ten-year lows, wages growth is starting to pick up. Average weekly earnings (including bonuses) growth accelerated ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... since May 2015 - slowed to 2.2% in March from 2.3% in the previous month. South Korea unemployment rate South Korea's jobless rate fell to 3.8% in March, better than market expectations for a 4.0% print and an improvement from the previous month's 4.1% ...

US Fed cleared for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... Employment increased by a better than expected 211,000 in November following an upwardly revised 298,000 in October. The jobless rate remained unchanged at 5.0% with the participation rate ticking up to 62.5% from 62.4% in October - "absorbing people ...

Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... lift-off in December lifted following the 271K surge in October jobs that beat even the highest estimate of 250K; the jobless rate dropped to 5.0% -- the lowest since April 2008; average hourly earnings increased by 0.4% over the month, double consensus ...

Good tidings sway RBA to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... - 7.0% levels predicted a while back. The strong uptrend in employment growth augurs continued improvement in the jobless rate. The lead from the ANZ job ads survey suggests continued gains in employment. All good! But if these are not good enough, there's ...

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