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Inflation data not encouraging: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
... pre-pandemic levels. "Many indicators suggest that, while conditions remain tight, the labour market is gradually cooling. Job openings have moved well down from their highs and are now only modestly above pre-pandemic levels," he said. Additionally ...

Major economies buoyed by tight jobs market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... rates." The labour market in the US also shows no signs of abating. "The unemployment rate remains historically low, job openings have declined but remain elevated, and monthly growth in nonfarm payroll employment has slowed very gradually since the ...

Australian inflation downturn on the horizon: AMP

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... tight, with the unemployment rate near its lowest level in nearly 50 years and there are still a significant number of job openings. For every unemployed person there was around 0.8 jobs available, she added. Housing is also continuing to surprise to ...

Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... additional 304,000 in January. The unemployment rate stood at 4% in January, a very low level by historical standards, and job openings remain abundant. "Core PCE inflation, which excludes food and energy prices and tends to be a better indicator of ...

Job openings in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
It lags the US non-farm payrolls report but the US JOLTS (job openings and labor turnover summary) a handy check on the state of the US labour market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics'(BLS) latest update showed little change in August from July: job openings ...

Low-flation becoming less transitory?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data confirmed the very strong demand for labour in the US economy. The JOLTS report showed that job openings rose by 11.3% to a record high 6.163 million in June but the number of "hires" are lagging - up 3.5% in the year to ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... month. This is sharply higher than market expectations for a 190,000 gain and is attributed to "near record high job openings and record low layoffs". Private employment grew strongly in both the services (up 193K in February) and goods-producing sectors ...

Trump makes small beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... expand (23 from 12). However, as heralded in the recent non-farm payrolls report optimism on the jobs front waned with job openings down to 29 from 31 in November (a function of higher wages demands?). Small business owners are also worried about rising ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
US JOLTS report The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed that job openings in America fell by 97K to 5.53 million in October (in line with expectations) from 5.63 million in the previous month (upwardly revised from 5.49 million), taking ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... with the "house price expectations' index up by 1.6% in October. US JOLTS report The US Bureau of Labor Statistics' Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) may lag the non-farm payrolls report but the latest indications from this survey provide ...
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