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You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... low target range for the federal funds rate of 0 to 1/4 percent will be appropriate at least as long as the unemployment rate remains above 6-1/2 percent, inflation between one and two years ahead is projected to be no more than a half percentage point ...

Excuses, excuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... to make excuses.A For excuse me, the "establishment survey's" sibling, the "household survey" showed that the unemployment rate falling to 6.6% in January from 6.7% in the previous month and 7.0% the month before. The good thing about last month's decline ...

Subjected to interpretation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... given the distortions by the polar vortex and BLS revisions to the data and the many moving parts - employment, unemployment rate, participation rate, weekly hours worked, etc - in the report, it would help to keep our fingers crossed.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... good numbers. Economists expect the economy added 175,000 jobs in January, up from 74,000 in December, and the unemployment rate to hold unchanged at 6.7 per cent. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets fell solidly as traders remain unfazed by the lack ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... economic recovery remains in track" crowd. Bets are in that 189,000 more Americans found jobs in January and the unemployment rate to remain unchanged at 6.7%. Close to the 175K reported by ADP right? Could be good but let me remind you about the match ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... spending by Japan's households was up last month as the nation's factories expanded their output, while the unemployment rate hit a six-year low. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index climbed 24.741 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 4874.583.

Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
Australia's unemployment rate is set to pass 6% in the coming year, and could go further if the Abbott government does not address labour market regulation, according to The Australian contributing economics editor Judith Sloan. Speaking at the annual ...

Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... that's currently doing the rounds in the Australian labour market. This is not consistent with the rise in the unemployment rate from 5.4% in December last year to 5.8% last month and forecasts of a further rise to 6.25%. This isn't consistent with declining ...

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... equity market's bull run and the continued flow of better -than-expected US stats (underscored by the drop in the unemployment rate to 7.0% in November) have renewed taper talks as soon as when the Fed meets on the 17th and 18th of this month and certainly ...

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... - jobs and inflation - the Fed monitors to time taper says it's time to taper. I repeat, what the fudge? The unemployment rate fell to 7.0% in November - if I remember right, that's the threshold when taper talks stop and taper act begins, is it not? ...