Japan January Unemployment Edges Up To 2.8% Amid Covid Restrictions
— Job Cuts Y/Y Deeper in Wholesale, Retail, Education— Hospitality Jobs Up on January 2021, When Covid State of Emergency Imposed By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Job creation in Japan remained weak in January compared to a year earlier and the unemployment rate edged up from December as more people either lost their jobs or […]
Bank of Canada’s Macklem: Won’t Rule Out 50 bp Rate Hike in Future If Needed
–BOC Governor: To Tighten Policy ‘In a Deliberate and Careful Way’ By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said Thursday that he won’t rule out the possibility of the bank raising the policy interest rate by a faster pace of 50 basis points than its decision Wednesday to conduct the first […]
ISM: US Service Sector Growth Continues Slowing in February on Supply, Staffing Constraints
–ISM: Supply Bottlenecks in Manufacturing ‘Tricking Down’ To Services –ISM: Supply Deliveries Slowing; Inventories Up but Still Too Low –ISM: Ukraine Crisis Pushing Up Fuel Prices, Affecting Overall Service Sector By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The service sector in the US continued to show slower growth in business activity in February as the ISM services […]