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13:30 - Dados States
bem, após dados a europa assustou-se mais q os futuros states.... e por lá, além dados temos o downgrade da intel, e dos resultados dos grandes retalhistas q andam a ficar complicados
8:30
U.S. Q2 productivity revised down to 1.2% vs. 1.6%
U.S. unit labor costs up 5.3% in past year, most in 16 years
U.S. productivity up 1.3% in past year, lowest in 9 years
ECONOMIC REPORT: Productivity slows to zero in third quarter; Unit labor costs rising at fastest pace in 16 years
By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch Last Update: 8:30 AM ET Nov 2, 2006
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - With output slowing, the productivity growth of U.S. nonfarm businesses fell to 0% in the third quarter, the Labor Department estimated Thursday.
Unit labor costs - a key gauge of inflationary pressures stemming from a tight labor market - increased at an annualized rate of 3.8%.
Over the past year, productivity increased 1.3%, the slowest growth since 1997. Unit labor costs are up 5.3% in the past year, the fastest increase in 16 years. The last time unit labor costs increased faster was in 1982.
Real hourly compensation rose 0.7% in the third quarter, and is up 3.2% in the past year.
Higher unit labor costs could fuel inflationary pressures as firms struggle to recover their labor costs. Unit labor costs had been subdued in the past few years, rising 2% in 2005 and 0.7% in 2004.
Productivity, a concept that's simple in theory but elusive in practice, is output divided by hours worked. Productivity gains are the key to higher living standards, higher wages, increased profits and low inflation.
The economy had undergone a productivity boom in the past five years. After averaging about 2% in the post-war years, productivity gains have averaged 3.1% since 2000. Unit labor costs had increased an average of 0.8% since 2000.
That productivity slowed sharply in the third quarter came as no surprise, although economists were expecting a 1.1% increase, according to a survey conducted by MarketWatch. For unit labor costs, their prediction was a more-accurate 3.4%.
Productivity in the second quarter was revised lower to 1.2% from 1.6% earlier. Unit labor costs were revised higher to 5.4%.
Tellingly, a healthy 2.2% productivity gain in the nonfinancial sector in the second quarter was nearly revised away; now it's just 0.2%. Unit labor costs in the nonfinancial sector were revised to show a 6.4% gain rather than 4.2% in the second quarter.
The concept of productivity is difficult to measure, especially in financial services where the concept of a "unit" of output is murky. That's why the Federal Reserve and other policymakers pay especially close attention to nonfinancial productivity. Those figures for the third quarter will be released on Dec. 5
8:30
U.S. weekly continuing claims fall 27,000 to 2.415mln
U.S. weekly initial jobless claims up 18,000 to 327,000
ECONOMIC REPORT: Initial jobless claims rise to 16-week high; Reflecting healthy job market, continuing claims fall to 4-month low
By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8:31 AM ET Nov 2, 2006
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The number of workers filing for state unemployment benefits rose by 18,000 to a 16-week high of 327,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
The four-week average of new claims, which smoothes out one-time events such as holidays, weather or strikes, rose to 311,250, the highest in three weeks.
There were no special identified factors boosting last week's filings, a Labor Department spokesman said.
The report reflected a relatively healthy job market, with the number of former workers collecting unemployment benefits dropping by 27,000 in the week ending Oct. 21 to 2.42 million, the lowest in four months. The four-week average of continuing claims dropped by about 6,000 to 2.43 million, the lowest since early July.
The insured unemployment rate - the percentage of those covered by unemployment insurance who are collecting benefits -- fell to 1.8% from 1.9%. It's the lowest since May.
In the past year, initial claims are essentially unchanged while continuing claims are down about 2%.
The report reflected a relatively healthy job market.
Initial claims represent job destruction, while the level of continuing claims indicates how hard or easy it is for displaced workers to find new jobs.
Long-term unemployment has been stubbornly high during this expansion. In September, about a third of the 6.95 million official unemployed had been out of work longer than 15 weeks, while 18.2% had been out of work longer than 27 weeks.
Typically, unemployment benefits run out after 26 weeks for those who are eligible.
The figures come a day before the Labor Department will report on nonfarm payroll growth for September. Economists expect payrolls to grow about 123,000 after three months of anemic job growth. The figures reported Thursday have no bearing on the October payrolls report, which was derived from surveys conducted three weeks ago.
8:30
U.S. Q2 productivity revised down to 1.2% vs. 1.6%
U.S. unit labor costs up 5.3% in past year, most in 16 years
U.S. productivity up 1.3% in past year, lowest in 9 years
ECONOMIC REPORT: Productivity slows to zero in third quarter; Unit labor costs rising at fastest pace in 16 years
By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch Last Update: 8:30 AM ET Nov 2, 2006
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - With output slowing, the productivity growth of U.S. nonfarm businesses fell to 0% in the third quarter, the Labor Department estimated Thursday.
Unit labor costs - a key gauge of inflationary pressures stemming from a tight labor market - increased at an annualized rate of 3.8%.
Over the past year, productivity increased 1.3%, the slowest growth since 1997. Unit labor costs are up 5.3% in the past year, the fastest increase in 16 years. The last time unit labor costs increased faster was in 1982.
Real hourly compensation rose 0.7% in the third quarter, and is up 3.2% in the past year.
Higher unit labor costs could fuel inflationary pressures as firms struggle to recover their labor costs. Unit labor costs had been subdued in the past few years, rising 2% in 2005 and 0.7% in 2004.
Productivity, a concept that's simple in theory but elusive in practice, is output divided by hours worked. Productivity gains are the key to higher living standards, higher wages, increased profits and low inflation.
The economy had undergone a productivity boom in the past five years. After averaging about 2% in the post-war years, productivity gains have averaged 3.1% since 2000. Unit labor costs had increased an average of 0.8% since 2000.
That productivity slowed sharply in the third quarter came as no surprise, although economists were expecting a 1.1% increase, according to a survey conducted by MarketWatch. For unit labor costs, their prediction was a more-accurate 3.4%.
Productivity in the second quarter was revised lower to 1.2% from 1.6% earlier. Unit labor costs were revised higher to 5.4%.
Tellingly, a healthy 2.2% productivity gain in the nonfinancial sector in the second quarter was nearly revised away; now it's just 0.2%. Unit labor costs in the nonfinancial sector were revised to show a 6.4% gain rather than 4.2% in the second quarter.
The concept of productivity is difficult to measure, especially in financial services where the concept of a "unit" of output is murky. That's why the Federal Reserve and other policymakers pay especially close attention to nonfinancial productivity. Those figures for the third quarter will be released on Dec. 5
8:30
U.S. weekly continuing claims fall 27,000 to 2.415mln
U.S. weekly initial jobless claims up 18,000 to 327,000
ECONOMIC REPORT: Initial jobless claims rise to 16-week high; Reflecting healthy job market, continuing claims fall to 4-month low
By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8:31 AM ET Nov 2, 2006
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The number of workers filing for state unemployment benefits rose by 18,000 to a 16-week high of 327,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
The four-week average of new claims, which smoothes out one-time events such as holidays, weather or strikes, rose to 311,250, the highest in three weeks.
There were no special identified factors boosting last week's filings, a Labor Department spokesman said.
The report reflected a relatively healthy job market, with the number of former workers collecting unemployment benefits dropping by 27,000 in the week ending Oct. 21 to 2.42 million, the lowest in four months. The four-week average of continuing claims dropped by about 6,000 to 2.43 million, the lowest since early July.
The insured unemployment rate - the percentage of those covered by unemployment insurance who are collecting benefits -- fell to 1.8% from 1.9%. It's the lowest since May.
In the past year, initial claims are essentially unchanged while continuing claims are down about 2%.
The report reflected a relatively healthy job market.
Initial claims represent job destruction, while the level of continuing claims indicates how hard or easy it is for displaced workers to find new jobs.
Long-term unemployment has been stubbornly high during this expansion. In September, about a third of the 6.95 million official unemployed had been out of work longer than 15 weeks, while 18.2% had been out of work longer than 27 weeks.
Typically, unemployment benefits run out after 26 weeks for those who are eligible.
The figures come a day before the Labor Department will report on nonfarm payroll growth for September. Economists expect payrolls to grow about 123,000 after three months of anemic job growth. The figures reported Thursday have no bearing on the October payrolls report, which was derived from surveys conducted three weeks ago.
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