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December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... Yellen's mouth, failed "to confirm the Committee's outlook". One can argue about seasonality and how the US non-farm payrolls report missed expectations over the past five "August-ses" and how the three-month average growth in employment remains a respectable ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... producing sector lost 6,000 workers. While the ADP employment report's correlation with the official non-farm payrolls report continues to be debated, the latest figures, nonetheless, provide an encouraging indication for the official employment tally ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... from minus 3.6 in May. However, the LMCI's 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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... of 19 labour market indicators - confirmed the rebound in US employment in June but unlike the strong non-farm payrolls report, it still indicates that the labour market hasn't recovered its strength enough for a rate hike. The LMCI improved to minus ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... spending in May suggests that, perhaps, the Fed was correct in dismissing the highly disappointing May non-farm payrolls report as just "noise". Overall retail sales expanded for a second straight month, up by 0.5% in May from 1.3% in April and better ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... The LMCI went deeper into the negative in May, down to -4.8 from -3.4 in the previous month, confirming the weak payrolls report. This is the lowest reading since May 2009 (that's right, GFC days) and the fifth straight month of negative readings. As ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... of RBA deputy director Philip Lowe, "Most central banks would like lower currencies..." The latest US non-farm payrolls report showed employed increased by a higher-than-expected 215K in March, the unemployment rate ticked up to 5.0% from 4.9% in February ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... from February's 205,000 addition but more than market expectations for a 195,000 increase. The official non-farm payrolls report for March is due out this Friday with consensus expecting a 210,000 addition to payrolls, the unemployment rate steady at ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... over the next six months improved to 84.7 from 79.9 in February. Indications ahead of Friday night's US non-farm payrolls report are mixed with 25.4% of respondents reporting jobs "plentiful" in March (up from 22.8 in February) while those noting jobs ...

Market confidence marches in March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... monetary actions after the National People's Congress' concludes. In addition, although the latest 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 ...