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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... significant inroads into the unemployment rate may be more difficult to achieve in the near term." US Labor Market Conditions Index As if confirming the latest disappointing US employment numbers - up by 160K in April versus expectations for a 200K addition ...

Consumer (un)confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... expressing greater apprehension about business conditions, their personal financial situation, and to a lesser degree, labor market prospects. Continued turmoil in the financial markets may be rattling consumers, but their assessment of current conditions ...

No December lift off? Small chance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... progress toward its objectives, taking into account a wide range of information, including measures of labor market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial and international developments." December ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... sales (excluding gas and autos) eased to 3.5% from 3.8%. These readings are more consistent with the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) which, despite improving to a reading of 1.6 in October from 1.3 the previous month, remains but a fraction of the ...

Mother's Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... in December or sometime next year. For this reason, I reiterate my new-found love for the Fed's Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) because it provides a simple read -- it takes 19 labour market indicators and combines them into one number. Simple! ...

A December lift if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... move, say in December, it would be based on an expectation, which I believe is justified, that -- with an improving labor market and transitory factors fading -- that inflation will move up to 2 percent." These were the words that came out of Fed Chair ...

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... downward revisions in the previous two months subtracting another 59,000 jobs (confirmed by the Labor Market Conditions Index drop to zero from a reading of 1.2 in August). Yes Virginia, bad news is again good news. No one now expects the Fed to raise ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... workweek dipped to a less than expected 34.5 hours from 34.6 hours in August. Then again, the Fed's own Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) could have told us all these without us bothering with the details. The LMCI is comprised of "19 labor market ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

Lift Janet lift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... other half -2% inflation target - of its dual mandate. This is supported by recent readings of the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) - one number that puts together 12 labour market indicators for a better read of well, labour market conditions - ...