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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... - after falling by 0.2% in the previous month. Among the components, consumer sentiment expectations (-6.1%) and hours worked (-1.1%) recorded declines over the month. The S&P/ASX 200 index (+4.1%) and dwelling approvals (+3.1%) increased while commodity ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... increased by a whopping 58,600 over the month with additions recorded in both full-time and part time jobs. Also, monthly hours worked rose by 1.2% last month. Yes, yes, I hear you... one swallow does not a spring make. This could all reverse at the ...

Mother's Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... still the "etc." we have to look at such as the participation rate, under-employment rate, the average work week, hours worked and more 'etc's". Not only this, there's also the not so small issue of revisions to previous month's data. With so many factors ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... tame wages growth - average weekly earnings growth slowed to 0.1% in April from 0.2% in March - and average weekly hours worked was unchanged at 34.5 hours. Good news for us, Australians all. RBA Gov Glenn must thanking his mom that this month's Board ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... - the highest since July last year - from 64.7%. How good is that? You want more? There's more. Aggregate monthly hours worked increased by 0.3% over the month of March and 1.7% over the year. You know the drill, businesses work their existing employees ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... it before the GFC). Likewise, the participation rate edged down to 62.8% from 62.9 in January and average weekly hours worked remained unchanged at 34.6 hours. The point is anyone and everyone can go through each line item in the BLS' February payrolls ...

Are we there now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... unemployment rate dropping to 12.7% from 13.7% in October and 14.1% in December last year. Gains in average weekly hours worked to 34.6 hours from 34.5 hours in October (where it had been stuck since March this year) and slight improvement in average ...

Mother doesn't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... weekly hours were unchanged at 34.5 hours in April as were average hourly earnings -stuck at US$24.31. Shouldn't hours worked and earned be rising if the labour market is truly improving? And then there's the weather. How much of the improvement in headline ...

Subjected to interpretation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... 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.

Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... to its highest level since September 2009 to 5.6%. Plus, the participation rate fell. Plus, the aggregate monthly hours worked dropped. You know what follows don't you now Virginia? Interest rate cuts are back on the RBA's 'to do' list. It has to or ...