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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% ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... manufacturing and non-manufacturing surveys, durable goods orders, and just last night, the higher-than-expected 285K increase in jobless claims and the sharper-than-predicted 2.9% fall in new factory orders in December. Not surprisingly, Fed rhetoric ...

US Fed cleared for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... Employment increased by a better than expected 211,000 in November following an upwardly revised 298,000 in October. The jobless rate remained unchanged at 5.0% with the participation rate ticking up to 62.5% from 62.4% in October - "absorbing people ...

Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... lift-off in December lifted following the 271K surge in October jobs that beat even the highest estimate of 250K; the jobless rate dropped to 5.0% -- the lowest since April 2008; average hourly earnings increased by 0.4% over the month, double consensus ...

Good tidings sway RBA to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... 6.5% - 7.0% levels predicted a while back. The strong uptrend in employment growth augurs continued improvement in the jobless rate. The lead from the ANZ job ads survey suggests continued gains in employment. All good! But if these are not good enough ...

Lift Janet lift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... openings rose by 8.1% to 5.75 million in July from 5.32 million in the previous month. And just last night, we learned that jobless claims dropped by 6,000 to 275K in the week ended 5 September - the 27th consecutive week below 300K (the level generally ...

Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... the early 1990s; 2.8% in the mid-90s; 4.1% in early 2000; 3.2% in the mid noughties; and 3.3% before the GFC before the jobless rate started to shoot up. Perhaps the June quarter ECI reading is just a fluke that would correct itself going forward. There ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... were disappointed in the eurozone data on Friday. Inflation in the 19-nation eurozone was unchanged in July while the jobless rate for June was also flat, suggesting the economy maintained only modest growth, official data showed. HONG KONG - Most Asian ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... 0.40 per cent to 11,257.15 points. The euro fell to $US1.0916 from $US1.0990 late in New York on Wednesday, as Germany's jobless scrolls showed a surprise increase of 9,000 people in July. The unemployment rate stayed at 6.4 per cent in July, however ...

The fat lady in concert on Sunday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... revised 254,000 addition in May. Revisions in both May and April shaved a total of 60,000 off payrolls in those months. The jobless rate dropped to a lower-than-expected 5.3% last month from 5.5% in May but this owed more to lower participation in the ...