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Brexit where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... three months to November with the employment rate holding at a record high 74.5%. This compares with the 9.8% (November) jobless rate in the Eurozone. The lead from the claimant count unemployment - down 10,100 in December - suggests continued labour ...

Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... - offset a slight dip, albeit, still expanding services sector (down to 53.7 from 53.8). Across the region, the lowest jobless rate was recorded in Germany (4.1%) and Malta (4.8%) while Greece (23.1%) and Spain (19.2%) had the highest.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
Australia leading index The future's looking good for Australia. This is the indication from the latest reading of the Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity. The six month annualised growth rate in the index - "which indicates ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... to August following a 5.3% in July and are worse than expectations for a 4.8% decline. This is because while Russia's jobless rate is falling, wages continue to decreased, down by 1.0% in the year to August after declining by 1.3% in the previous mon ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
Australia employment The world of financial markets and tea-leaves watching would be a boring place if not for "seasonality adjusted" estimates of economic statistics, especially ones that go up one month and down the next and/or beat expectations one ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
US jobless claims It may be that the very disappointing 38K increase in US employment in May was just noise, an aberration. This is the indication given by the latest data on jobless claims. Initial jobless claims decreased to 264,000 in the week ended ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... May) is down to 1.34%, down from 1.51% at the end of March, which is down from 1.71% at the end of December last year. US jobless claims Is the US labour market weakening? US jobless claims increased by 20K to 294K in the week ended 7 May. This is lower ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
Australia consumer confidence The drop sparks a rise. There is no doubt that the 8.5% jump in the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index to 103.2 points in May - the highest level since January 2014 - had been mainly a result of the Reserve ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... the United Kingdom remained steady at 5.1% in the January quarter, unchanged from the previous two quarters. With the jobless rate remaining at near ten-year lows, wages growth is starting to pick up. Average weekly earnings (including bonuses) growth ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... since May 2015 - slowed to 2.2% in March from 2.3% in the previous month. South Korea unemployment rate South Korea's jobless rate fell to 3.8% in March, better than market expectations for a 4.0% print and an improvement from the previous month's 4.1% ...