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Chief economist update: Hostage to speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... December 2017 quarter from 1.9% in the third quarter, 1.6% in the second and 1.3% in the first quarter. The country's unemployment rate has dropped to three months short of a 25-year low of 2.4% in January from 2.8% in December 2017 while the jobs-to-applicants ...

Chief economist update: The uncertainty that is Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... revised from the initial estimate of 200,000 - and much more than consensus expectations for a 205,000 increase. The unemployment rate held steady at a 17-year low of 4.1% in February as the labour force participation rate jumped to 63.0% from 62.7% ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... year to the March quarter to 2.9% in the September quarter (we'll get the December quarter update later today); the unemployment rate improved from 5.7% in January 2017 to 5.5% in the same month this year; business confidence and conditions are stronger ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... contraction in the previous year. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) predicts growth to accelerate to 2% this year. The unemployment rate has dropped to 5.2% in January 2018 from the three-year high of 6% recorded in March 2016. These ensure continued ...

Chief economist update: Trump spoils for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... 1933 and its exports plunged by 61%. Ouch! We all know what happened thereafter - the depression deepened. The US unemployment rate jumped from 7.8% in 1930 to 25.1% three years later. For sure, the world is in a much better place now than in the 1930's ...

Chief economist update: The key to ECB taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... there for all to see. The economy expanded by 2.5% for the full-year 2017 - the fastest growth rate in 10 years. The unemployment rate has fallen from 9.6% in January 2017 to 8.7% by December last year - the lowest level since January 2009. It's therefore ...

Chief economist update: Three minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... RBA meeting reveal that our central bank sees the next move in the official cash rate to be up, provided that the unemployment rate declines and inflation rises in line with its forecast. But data dependence says, this won't be too soon as evidence by ...

Chief economist update: Wagering on wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... employment roster in 2017, a significant jump from the 109,000 additional workers employed in the previous year. The unemployment rate is down to 5.5% in January this year from 5.6 at the end of 2017 and 5.8% at 2016's finish. Still, as Luci Ellis - ...

Record high returns elusive in 2018: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... year. "This sounds low but it's pretty good for a country with a declining population. They've got an incredibly low unemployment rate at 2.8%," he said. China will see a modest slow down after years of deceleration but grow about 6%, he said. Overall ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street wails on inflation indications

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... beat expectations for a 175,000 gain and the previous month's tally was revised higher by 12,000 to 160,000. The unemployment rate remained at a 17-year low of 4.1% for the fourth straight month in January. It's great numbers but the more important stat ...