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Singapores employment rate at all-time high: MOM - If Only.
A Manpower Ministry report released on Friday (Nov 28) showed Singapores employment rate rose to an all-time high of 79.7 per cent this year - up slightly from the 79 per cent in 2013. The labour... Unemployment stood at 2 per cent, a figure that has remained constant since March. Some 3,500. This post on The Real Singapore may have raised some doubts on MOMs Labour Market Third Quarter 2014 report and the related Straits Times article. Not to fret��.
Weekly stock market report (08-14 February 2014)
Retail sales fell 0.4% in January, adding to the view that economic growth may slow in the first quarter of 2014. Consumer spending. The biggest US cable television provider, Comcast, agreed to buy Time Warner Cable for about USD 45 billion, in a deal that will give the merged company control of three quarters of the US cable market.. However, the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level since 2003 in the month, as employers unexpectedly cut 3,700 jobs.
The Patience of Janet
The economy isnt booming, but the jobless rate keeps falling and labor markets are tight in many parts of the economy. The first signs of bigger wage increases have been showing up in the monthly jobs reports, which is welcome. But under the Feds.
Angela Merkel takes tough line on Greece ahead of key meeting
Slow growth rates and the weak euro are also starting to drag down U.S. companies as well, with many reporting weaker earnings in recent quarters in part because of the lack of demand in Europe. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, in an interview aired on.
ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: The midterm elections: A referendum on the two-party.
This time is not different, except that even the opposition Republican voters seem to be more apathetic than usual, skeptical that something actually will come of their vote. In 2010. Moreover, the economy grew at a rate of 3.5 percent in the third.
Economic Growth, Corporate Profits Slowed as 2014 Ended
GDP, the broadest measure of goods and services produced across the economy, expanded at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.2% in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department said. That was unchanged from its previous estimate last month.
April unemployment rate, US Labor Dept., May 2, 2014.
April unemployment rate, US Labor Dept., May 2, 2014, Labor force participation plummets and jobless rates still high, Part time jobs, Financial markets react to false data ���11.4%: What the U.S. unemployment rate would be if labor. both houses of Congress in January 2007. This is rarely reported. ���������������������������..January 2007������January 2009������.March 2014. Not in labor force���������..77,506,000������..80,529,000���������91,030,000. Could only find part time���
Fed Flags Midyear Rate Hike���Or Later
Officials at that time will update their forecasts for economic output, inflation, unemployment and interest rates. They also need to decide whether to formally open the door to rate increases in June by removing or altering the patience language. Ms.
No Evidence of Double Dip Recession With New Job.
Many states and municipalities remain in dire straits... the same as the 10.3% at the end of February but higher than the 10.0% of mid-February and the 9.8% at the end of January. The U.S. unemployment rate is about the same today as the 10.3% rate Gallup found in mid-March a year ago.��� March 31, 2011.. As GDP growth has been positive for many quarters the first time a double dip could possibly be would be at the announcement of the third quarter figures.
Recent economic and financial developments, and.
destabilization in global financial markets that may occur at around the time when the. Federal. Although the Federal Reserve uses the unemployment rate and inflation rate as major. 1. 2013 through the January-March quarter of 2014, and the real GDP growth rate for fiscal. The growth rate for fiscal 2014 is likely to dip temporarily in the April-June quarter due to a... surrounded by four bodies of water: the Sea of Japan, Tsugaru Strait, the Pacific Ocean, and.
Singapore Unemployment Rate - Trading Economics
Unemployment Rate in Singapore averaged 2.49 percent from 1986 until 2014, reaching an all time high of 6 percent in the first quarter of 1986 and a record low of 1.40 percent in the second quarter of 1990. Unemployment��.
Oil futures rally past $49 on Middle East turmoil
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Oil futures soared past $49 a barrel, with turmoil in Yemen raising concerns over crude supplies in the Middle East. The news, combined with a weaker U.S. dollar, offset earlier pressure from a U.S. government report that .
Puerto Rico fights tax evasion as it seeks new revenue sources
FILE - In this April 25, 2013 file photo, Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro. While the brothers were caught and ordered last year to pay the money owed, many others go unpunished, according to officials who say widespread tax evasion by businesses and.
Weekly stock market report (01-07 February 2014)
Investors shrugged off weaker-than-expected economic data and focused instead on encouraging corporate earnings, as the biggest US companies continued to report profits for the October-to-December quarter of 2013. Retailers and. The Fed indicated in Januarys monetary policy meeting that interest rates were likely to stay close to zero well after the 6.5% unemployment rate has been reached. However. Singapores Straits Times was down 0.5%. In Australia��.
Weekly stock market report (25-31 January 2014)
Forward guidance remained unchanged, with policymakers indicating that they would keep interest rates near zero ���well past��� the time the unemployment rate falls to 6.5%���the threshold the Fed set last year for possible rate rises. The accompanying statement was slightly more upbeat on the US economy than the December press release, noting that economic activity had picked up in recent quarters, with household spending and business investment growing more��.
Census first-take: Americans saying I do more than once
About 32 million people have said ���I do��� twice, while about 8.6 million more have spoken those words three or more times, said data from the massive American Community Survey, 2008-2012. Those numbers constitute 17.1 percent of all Americans, and .
Dow Jones Industrial Average Drops 100 Points; Oil Prices Surge After Saudi.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 100 points Thursday morning after tensions in the Middle East escalated overnight, triggering fears over crude oil supply. Saudi Arabia began military airstrikes in Yemen, sending oil prices surging as .
Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (January 2012 Jobs Data.
On the first Friday of every month, I update the unemployment numbers so that I can compare the unemployment rate under President George W. Bush with the unemployment rate under President Obama at that time.. Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 16:31... Or one could say that the job growth chart now for Obama is starting to look similar to that during the time jobs grew under Bush, while the two each have one slice of the normal curve of the recessionary job dip.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Q2 job growth slows.
By Joanna Seow, The Straits Times, 1 Aug 2014. THE labour market remained tight in the second quarter of the year, with the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stable at 2 per cent. But momentum eased on the jobs front, with employment growth slowing. Layoffs fell for a second consecutive quarter. Employers let go of 2,300 workers, a dip from 3,110 in the first quarter of the year and lower than the 3,080 in the second quarter of last year. This could mean that��.
Developing world drives strong demand for coal
The report, ���Not Beyond Coal,��� was provided exclusively to The Washington Times. While the Obama White House seeks to phase out the use of coal as the main source of electricity in the United States, developing countries like China are ratcheting up.
Jobless rate dips in Jan-March quarter
Unemployment has dipped in the first quarter of the year, with fewer layoffs in a tight labour market. The overall rate fell to 1.8 per cent in March, down from 1.9 last December. Among citizens, the unemployment rate was at its lowest in nearly eight.
Weekly stock market report (15-21 February 2014)
The minutes from the January meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)���the Feds interest rate setting board���confirmed that the US central bank will continue to scale back its monthly asset purchases unless. The UKs Office for National Statistics released its labour market report for the fourth quarter of 2013, which showed that the unemployment rate had edged up slightly, to 7.2%.. Elsewhere in the region, Singapores Straits Times rose 2.0%.
If Iran Provokes an Energy Crisis: Modeling the Problem in a.
S. determination to uphold freedom of navigation in the Strait ofHormuz, help to calm global markets, and reassure Americanconsumers, and measures liberalizing energy policies and rollingback regulatory restrictions would allow the. From December 2006 to March 2007, Heritage Foundation scholars conducted a computer simulation and gaming exercise that examined the likely economic and policy consequences of a major oil disruption in the Persian Gulf.
Americans tax refunds, savings from low gas prices used to pay bills, debt: poll
Of those saving money at the gas pumps, 58 percent are using those savings to cover basic necessities such as groceries and utility bills or to pay off debt, the latest quarterly poll from Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor found. Nearly one.
Greece financial crisis: Entrepreneurs overcome long odds, succeed amid chaos
ATHENS, Greece ��� In these disastrous economic times, opening a store on tony Voukourestiou Street next to global luxury brands such as Dior and Prada is a goal many Greek fashion designers can only dream about. But despite the crippling. The front.
Obama economy: Welfare dependency peaks as rich get richer
As Barack Obama enters the twilight of his presidency, he presides over an America vastly different from the one he envisioned building during his 2008 campaign that promised to empower everyday Americans on Main Street over wealthy bankers and .
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: LTA raises fines for.
. rates. The tougher penalties - to be introduced on Jan 1 next year - will target repeat offenders, who have been responsible for about half of all parking offences committed between 2011 and 2014... Grange Road is one of 40 roads where closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras will be installed in the first quarter of next year. Drivers. INCIDENTS of road rage are on the decline in Singapore, according to the latest police statistics obtained by The Straits Times.
Immigrants look elsewhere as Spains unemployment rate skyrockets
Now, for the first time since the Civil War in the 1930s, Spain has a negative demographic balance ��� currently a quarter of a million fewer inhabitants than in 2013. It is the fastest-shrinking country in Europe, a development that analysts say is a.
Eurozone crisis live: Greek elections called for 17 June.
The ILO unemployment measure fell by 45,000 in the January-March quarter, to 2.625m, putting the jobless rate at 8.2%. My colleague Heather Stewart is analysing. The banking system is in dire straits. This is very good news and shows that. Time is running out for the Eurozone to come together and agree on decisive action. With a backdrop of increasing social... The Eurozone is in a double dip recession all bar Germany. Its disingenuous to say the Eurozone��.
Taper Dance | - Acting Man
(See question #5) In similar surveys in January and March, market participants expected the Fed to begin winding down the program by the fourth quarter and to have completed it by the first quarter of 2014. Our own survey of. According to him, the current unemployment rate and current inflation rates are still too far away from reaching the Feds goals. ���Federal. There was no room for even the slightest hesitation or doubt; no time for questionable ���green shoots.
The Weekly Stock Market Report (3-9 January 2015)
US stocks fell in the week ending 9 January, as a renewed decline in oil prices and a mixed US jobs report led to uncertainty over the timing of a widely-expected rise in US interest rates.. The report confirmed that a stronger-than-expected 252,000 jobs were added in December, while the unemployment rate eased to 5.6% from the previous months 5.8%.. US economic data releases in the week highlighted a moderation in economic activity in the fourth quarter.
Japans Zero Inflation a Setback for Abenomics
���The BOJ should consider undertaking additional easing in as early as April, or its credibility as a deflation fighter could suffer,��� said Goshi Kataoka, chief economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting. Still, Mr. Kuroda. As a shrinking.
