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US at full employment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
The Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) -- 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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... by 4.1 points - the biggest drop in five months - to a reading of 44.6 (contraction). US Labour Market Conditions Index (LMCI) The latest Labour Market Conditions Index (LMCI) rebounded to a reading of plus 0.7 in October following an upwardly revised ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... further evidence of a slowing labour market indicated in the official employment report and the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI). Job openings dropped by 7.3% to 5.443 million in the month of August, the lowest since December 2015 and disappointing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... over the month following a 0.5% pick-up in July. US Labor Market Conditions Index The latest Labour Market Conditions Index (LMCI) reading confirms the slowing jobs growth indicated in the US non-farm payrolls report - employment grew by 156K in September ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... July - and the upward revisions (a total of 18K) in employment growth in May and June - the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) rebounded to a reading of plus 1 in July, with the prior two months revised higher - to minus 0.1 from minus 1.9 in June ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... the public's expectations". US labor market conditions index The latest instalment of the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) - a summary of 19 labour market indicators - confirmed the rebound in US employment in June but unlike the strong non-farm ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... in the previous month. The JOLTS report lags the official non-farm payrolls survey and the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) by one month but it conveys the same mixed readings on the US labour market. Japan GDP The final estimate of Japan's real ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... 6.4% in April. The ANZ job ads series lead domestic employment growth by about 3-6 months. US Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) US Fed chair Janet Yellen and a few of her fellow feds downplayed last week's vastly disappointing employment report - ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... employment numbers - up by 160K in April versus expectations for a 200K addition - the broader US Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) printed at minus 0.9% last month. This is an improvement from March's minus 2.1 reading, marking the fourth consecutive ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... (excluding gas and autos) eased to 3.5% from 3.8%. These readings are more consistent with the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) which, despite improving to a reading of 1.6 in October from 1.3 the previous month, remains but a fraction of the high ...
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