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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... January and 4.1% in December. The disappointing retail spending result is inconsistent with the improvement in the unemployment rate - to 5.8% in February from 6.0% in the previous month - ad business confidence - up to 3.4 from 2.7 in January - and ...

Housing market set to flat line not crash: QIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... make excess payments," said Miall. In QIC's view the real risk to the housing market lies with a sizeable jump in unemployment and a large rise in interest rates, both of which the company believes do not have a high level of risk. Rather, QIC argues ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... currencies..." The latest US non-farm payrolls report showed employed increased by a higher-than-expected 215K in March, the unemployment rate ticked up to 5.0% from 4.9% in February (but this was due to the more jobseekers coming onto the market, participation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... non-farm payrolls report for March is due out this Friday with consensus expecting a 210,000 addition to payrolls, the unemployment rate steady at 4.9% and average hourly earnings increasing by 0.2% (2.1% year-on-year). Stronger-than-expected outcomes ...

Super funds encouraged to collect indigenous data

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... Australia was closing, and has been since about 2005, but financial indicators have been a letdown. "The gap for unemployment is rising, and for men, it's rising quite highly even though they are the most engaged in the indigenous sector. The gap in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
Brazil unemployment The unemployment rate in Latin America's biggest economy jumped to 8.2% in February from 7.6% in the previous month. This is slightly higher than expectations for a rise to 8.1% but is the highest since May 2009. Hardly surprising ...

Aussie jobs trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... positions up by 32,700 - when Australian businesses were expected to add 13,000 more staff during the month... and the unemployment rate rising by 2 percentage points to boot to 6.0%. These are based on the readings from the seasonally adjusted estimates. ...

Dear Chancellor

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... assessment seems rational, particularly given the continued improvement in the country's labour market. The UK's unemployment rate has fallen to 5.1% in the three months to November - the lowest level in 10 years (October quarter 2005). The lead from ...

More help wanted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... slow somewhat from the rapid pace seen in the December quarter, it is forecast to remain strong enough to reduce the unemployment rate further. The participation rate is likely to rise further over coming years as individuals are encouraged to enter ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... an annual growth rate of 1.9% -- equally as strong, if not stronger, than the boom years pre-GFC. Similarly, the unemployment rate has declined to 4.9% in January - the lowest level since February 2008 - at the same time that more Americans are re-joining ...