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Good jobs, sluggish pay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... inflation outlook." "However, it could be the case that some of the factors currently weighing on wage growth, such as underemployment in the labour market or structural forces such as technological change, are more persistent or pervasive than assumed." ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... estimate shows the underutilisation rate - "the sum of the number of persons unemployed and the number of persons in underemployment, expressed as a proportion of the labour force" -- rose to 14.6% in February from 14.1% in November 2016. The trend estimate ...

US at full employment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... (LMCI) -- derived from 19 labour market indicators covering "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers and businesses" - fell to a reading ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... The LMCI is derived from 19 labour market indicators covering "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers and businesses". Tomorrow's US ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... The LMCI is derived from 19 labour market indicators covering "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers and businesses". As a matter of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... The LMCI is derived from 19 labour market indicators covering "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers and businesses". An LMCI reading ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... labour market. The LMCI comprises 19 labour market indicators "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers and businesses". Japan consumer ...

Mother's Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... not exhaustive set of the available data on the labor market, covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers and businesses. Table 1 lists the ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... details. The LMCI is comprised of "19 labor market indicators" "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers and businesses", among others. ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... much. The LMCI is comprised of "19 labor market indicators" "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers and businesses", among others. Latest ...