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A minor slip but still going stronger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... down to 53.6 in January from 53.7 in December primarily due to a marginal slowing in output growth. New orders and employment continued to expand. According to Markit, "The eurozone economy has started 2017 on a strong note. The January flash PMI is ...

Jobs and jobless rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... (the highest since last August) from 64.6% in the previous month - and indication of worker's optimism over finding employment. The undoubtedly good news is the larger than expected addition to payrolls - up by 13,500 in December that followed the previous ...

Brexit where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... Brexit negotiations. The country's unemployment rate remained at a low 4.8% in the 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 ...

Super reforms incubating unemployment risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... from 58 in 2014 to 61 years of age, with the research house suggesting that younger Australians will struggle to find employment with older workers staying on longer. Roy Morgan says that while increasing the age of retirement is generally a good thing ...

Investec snaps up NSW properties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... tenants in the healthcare sector. This is expected to be aided by the fact that the annual growth rate for professional employment in the French Forest precinct is expected to double that of greater Sydney in the next 20 years. Investec Australia Property ...

Sun rising in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... Japanese consumers' confidence rose in all categories: overall livelihood (42.0 in December from 40.7 in November); employment (45.7 from 42.5); income growth (41.9 from 40.4); and, willingness to buy durable goods (42.8 from 40.5). This follows earlier ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... investors. "Any large fiscal stimulus by a Trump administration at a time when the US economy is already running near-full employment would likely aggravate inflationary pressures," Craig said. With president-elect Trump's inauguration nine days away ...

ANZ unloads UDC Finance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... largest asset finance and leasing companies, and it intends to preserve UDC's operations including offering continued employment to all staff." The transaction will also include the Esanda name and trademarks in both Australia and New Zealand and is ...

US at full employment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... 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" - fell to a reading of minus ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
Australia employment There's good news and bad news in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the country's labour market. The unemployment rate increased to 5.7% in November, the highest rate since August this year and was more ...