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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... 0.1% and the S&P 500 added just 0.04%. US employment grew in line with expectations (+178K) in November while the unemployment rate fell to 4.6% from 4.9% in October (full employment?). This is because Wall Street has resigned itself to a Fed rate hike ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... for the outlook, Ms. Emmet thinks that, "...the labour market will continue to improve at a gradual pace and the unemployment rate will continue to edge lower, supported by low interest rates and still elevated business conditions." However, the ANZ ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... October, upward revisions in in August and September added a total of 44K more jobs in these two months... and the unemployment rate fell to 4.9% in October from 5.0% in September. And oh, average hourly earnings rose by 2.8% in the year to October from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... 2.4% in the previous three-month period, this is sharply higher than market expectations for a 0.6% increase. The unemployment rate declined to 4.9% in the third quarter from 5.0% in the June quarter, also beating expectations for an increase to 5.1%. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... the full-time employment started trending lower since it peaked at 2.6% (year-on-year) in November last year. The unemployment rate fell to 5.6% in September from 5.7% in the previous month as the participation rate decreased to 64.5% from 64.7%. ECB ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... labour market Despite the persistent uncertainty surrounding Brexit, the UK's labour market remains resilient. The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.9% in August - the same as in the preceding four months with the lead from the claimant count unemployment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... through to December). 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". ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... market; and yield spread). However it has been pleasing this month to see some improvement also coming locally from unemployment expectations and consumer confidence." The improvement in the leading index provides support to lowered rate cut expectations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... 0.6% gain in the previous month. Russian retail sales Despite the sharp improvement in Russia's labour market - the unemployment rate fell to an 11-month low of 5.2% in August from 5.3% in the previous month and this year's peak of 6.0% (March) - retail ...

Where's the Brexit-induced recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016