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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... in November from 52.2 in October. Increased production and a significant rise in new orders and improvement in the employment indicator accounted for the gain in the headline index. The survey also showed that Chinese companies expect increased activity ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... was driven by a significant improvement in new orders (plus 7 in November from minus 12 in the previous month) and employment (plus 5 from plus 3) with the average workweek increasing to plus 4 from minus 3 in October. Euro confidence Preliminary estimates ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... Sales, orders & inventories contributed minus 0.01 to the headline index in October, up from minus 0.03 in September. Employment-related indicators made no contribution but an improvement from the minus 0.01 in the previous month. The contribution from ...

JPMorgan Chase to pay bribery fines

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... candidates referred by client executives and influential government officials with well-paying and career building JPMorgan employment. During a seven-year period JPMorgan hired about 100 interns and full-time employees at the request of foreign government ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed a rising trend towards part-time hiring and a declining one in full-time employment. Australia AiG performance of construction Construction failed to follow the improvement into expansion of the manufacturing ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... improvement in the American economy and by extension, the world. While the latest US non-farm payrolls report showed that employment increased by a less than expected 161K in October, upward revisions in in August and September added a total of 44K more ...

Human centred workplaces needed: MetLife

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... reduction in work stress is an important motivator (31%) for Australians looking for a new job. "In a fiercely competitive employment market, companies need to stand out and do all they can to attract and retain top talent," Stewart said. "This might ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... fell in all categories: overall livelihood (41.4 in October from 42.0 in September); income growth (41.0 from 41.1); employment (44.8 from 46.2) and willingness to buy durable goods (41.9 from 42.5). New Zealand labour market Expectations that the Reserve ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... new orders (up 6.4 points to 54.7 in October); exports (up 6.0 points to 56.0); and sales (up 3.6 points to 55.0). Employment advanced by 1 point in October but remained in contraction at 47.7. However, production declined by 2.9 points to a reading ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... reading in October from 50.8 in the previous month as production increased at the fastest rate since December last year. Employment increased at a faster rate in October to a two and a half year high while the rate of decline in input and output prices ...