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Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... This is now putting upward pressure on wages. Total compensation of all civilian workers as measured by the Employment Cost Index (ECI) rose by 2.5% in the year to the third quarter. This is the fastest rate of increase since December 2008 with faster ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... consultants and subcontractors are out-of-scope, as they do not relate to employee jobs. Implications: The employment cost index is an easy way to evaluate wage trends and the risk of wage inflation. Wage inflation, because of its flow-on effects on ...

All right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... but this is the earliest available I have on my database). This is consistent with the recently published Employment Cost Index (ECI) that showed employment costs increased by 0.2% in the June quarter -- the slowest in the index's 33-year recorded history ...

Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... worsened sentiment on job expectations is consistent and explains that another disappointing stats - the employment cost index (ECI). The ECI -- the broadest measure of employment cost - increased by a mere 0.2% in the second quarter from 0.7% in the ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... a 0.2% increase in the previous month. The bigger-than-expected 0.7% increase (2.6% year-on-year) in the Employment Cost Index (ECI) in the March quarter confirms the positive indications from the jobless claims and consumer spending reports - i.e. consumers ...

Tony, SBY and Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... what's new is that little piece of "data" that received little attention from the press overnight - the US employment cost index (ECI). US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) figures released last night showed that America's employment cost index - the ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... important US economic data are due out tonight... and they could contain nasty surprises. US real GDP, the employment cost index (ECI), the Chicago Purchasing managers survey and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index are all set for release ...

Daily economic update

... more rate hike to two more moves. These expectations are bolstered by recent data on wage inflation. The US employment cost index (ECI) rose by a lower-than-expected 0.8 per cent in the December quarter. The ECI increased by 3.1 per cent from a year ...

Latest US GDP growth could herald gains in equities in the short-run

... risen 1.8% in the third quarter of 2003, versus 1.1% and 0.8% in the prior two respective quarters. The employment cost index had also risen 1% q/q (un-annualised) in the third quarter. They said that the Fed is now following an "opportunistic reflationary" ...
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