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Confidence up but will consumers shop?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... potential interest rate rises was a likely factor."...and improved consumer perception on the labour market. The "unemployment expectations index fell 3.3% to 129.2 in October, marking the lowest reading since June 2011... The move is broadly based with ...

No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... estimate of total nonfarm payroll employment for September." But "There was no discernible effect on the national unemployment rate." The unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% - the lowest level since February 2001 - from 4.4% in August despite increased ...

The British pound's sterling reversal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... would support consumption growth further out." At an annual pace of about 2% over the past few months, despite the unemployment rate dropping to a 42-year low (May 1975) of 4.3% in the three months to July - yes, a let up in escalating consumer prices ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... viewed much less negatively than in June." Sentiment on jobs may have improved but this month's survey showed the unemployment expectations index rising from 132.5 in August to 133.6 - indicating expectations for higher unemployment - which is above ...

Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... annual job creation rate of about 270,000 (or 22,000 per month) in coming months, which is sufficient to see the unemployment rate push lower (all else unchanged)..." Forward orders increased from three to four last month driven by a large increase in ...

Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... from 2.1% in January to 1% in June, the same with the core rate (down from 1.7% to 0.9% over the same period). The unemployment rate declined from 6.8% in January to 6.5% in June. If the BOC was trying to slow growth - it was not concerned with low inflation ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... to 0.8% in the second quarter of this year from 0.3% in the March quarter. But back to the RBA's twin mandates - unemployment and inflation. Here too, there were no compelling reasons to justify an adjustment in interest rates - up or down. The jobless ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... disappointing August non-farm payrolls report - employment grew by a less-than-expected 156,000 from 189,000 in July; the unemployment rate increased to 4.4% from 4.3% and average hourly earnings slowed to 0.1% in August from 0.3% in the previous month ...

The negatives in the positive jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... Labour Force report were undeniably positive - employment up by a better than expected 27,900 in July from June; the unemployment rate dipped to 5.6% from 5.7%; and the participation rate increased to 65.1% from 65 (suggesting optimism among workers ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... consumer spending would lead to a deterioration of the overall economy and the labour market. The RBA predicts the unemployment rate (5.6% in June) to be around 5%-6% through to the end of 2019. We'll get the July tally later today. But perhaps we're ...

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