Monday, June 16, 2008

Q1 Employment Data

Employment: +73,200 (Last Q: +62,500)
Unemployment Rate: +2.0% (Last Q: +1.7%)
Resident Unemployment Rate: +2.9% (Last Q: +2.4%)
Retrenchment: +2,274 (Last Q: +1,966)
Openings: +38,200 jobs (Last Q: 37,400)

Nominal Earnings: +11% (Last Q: +4.3%)
Real Earnings: +3.6% (Last Q: +5.0%)
Productivity: -2.8% (Last Q: -3.7%)
Unit Labour Cost: +8.8% (Last Q: +6.0%)

* MOM-Employment , AsiaOne-Employment *

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