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No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% - the lowest level since February 2001 - from 4.4% in August despite increased participation rate to 63.1% from 62.9%. Perhaps more telling, the U-6 unemployment rate also declined sharply from 8.6% in August to 8.3% ...

The negatives in the positive jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... by a better than expected 27,900 in July from June; the unemployment rate dipped to 5.6% from 5.7%; and the participation rate increased to 65.1% from 65 (suggesting optimism among workers in finding jobs) - the details are really not that flash. All ...

Good jobs, sluggish pay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... growth, in the period ahead." The unemployment rate remained steady at 5.6% in June driven by an increase in the participation rate to 65% in June from 64.9% in the previous month - indicating optimism among long-term unemployed or discouraged workers ...

Economics 101 is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... rate ticked higher to 4.4% from the 16-year low of 4.3% recorded in May - a function of the increase in the participation rate from 62.7% to 62.8% in June - it's still below the NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) as measured by the ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... from 4.7% to 4.5% in March - the lowest level since the height of the economic expansion pre-GFC - despite the participation rate remaining unchanged at 63.0%. If there's still slack in the US labour market, it's quickly dissipating... and this even ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5.9% in February from 5.7% in the previous month, and the participation rate could not be used as an excuse for it remained unchanged 64.6%. The year-over-year figures indicate a softening in the Australian ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... in the unemployment rate to 4.7% in February from 4.8% in the previous month came amidst the increase in the participation rate from 62.9% to 6.30% -- indicating both increased optimism among workers of landing jobs and the economic strength. The gains ...

Boring but the trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... January last year and 2.0% in June 2016. As for the decline in the unemployment rate in January, the fall in the participation rate to 64.6% from 64.7% in December helps explain this - indicating that workers are discouraged from looking for jobs. This ...

Jobs and jobless rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... than expectations for an unchanged reading (from November) of 5.7%. However, this is due to the rise in the participation rate to 64.7% (the highest since last August) from 64.6% in the previous month - and indication of worker's optimism over finding ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... than expectations for an unchanged reading (from October) of 5.6%. However, this is due to the rise in the participation rate to 64.6% (also the highest since August) from 64.4% in the previous month - and indication of worker's optimism over finding ...