tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post7473119375078737076..comments2024-03-27T18:15:59.096+08:00Comments on Economics Malaysia: September 2013 Employmenthishamhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-69840378745567003122013-11-25T17:50:49.744+08:002013-11-25T17:50:49.744+08:001. I admit the assumption regarding furloughs and ...1. I admit the assumption regarding furloughs and LFPRR was wrong and offer no excuses for that.<br /><br />2. However, apart from that false assumption, the rest of my contentions stand. By definition, the LFPR encompasses both the employed, and the unemployed ACTIVELY seeking jobs. A litany of simple questions arises out of sheer curiosity (hic): if the age floor was held constant at 18 but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-71284013752888914342013-11-25T10:32:39.853+08:002013-11-25T10:32:39.853+08:00Warrior, the entire problem with your suppositions...Warrior, the entire problem with your suppositions boils down to this:<br /><br /><i>"The numbers can surge at the blink of an eye or a twinkle of a star"</i><br /><br />1. The LFPR doesn't "surge", it shouldn't and never has. In the past thirty years, the LFPR has meandered in a tight range between 62% and 66%.<br /><br />And yet, it's risen sharply in the past hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-33581885036787074822013-11-23T08:41:33.757+08:002013-11-23T08:41:33.757+08:00Morning all,
Maybe the labour in Malaysia have he...Morning all,<br /><br />Maybe the labour in Malaysia have heard of the SWISS referendum this Sunday on the 1:12 initiative.... http://www.theglobalist.com/executive-compensation-swiss-rebellion/<br /><br />This will help reduce inequality.<br /><br />The other initiative that was voted in - "Rip-off" should also be considered here.<br /><br />Have a nice weekend.<br /><br />Zuo De<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-19207775343321103702013-11-22T09:53:01.375+08:002013-11-22T09:53:01.375+08:00Warrior,
A few things here:
1. I expected employ...Warrior,<br /><br />A few things here:<br /><br />1. I expected employment to pick up, but not necessarily the LFPR. That's certainly what happened in the last expansion phase (2010-2011). So something structural must have changed, and the nearest candidate is the minimum wage.<br /><br />2. Wage growth is currently pretty strong, but not unusually so. And there's this interesting hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-39746354367267295862013-11-22T09:37:58.751+08:002013-11-22T09:37:58.751+08:00Warrior,
Unfortunately, we had to rush through th...Warrior,<br /><br />Unfortunately, we had to rush through that part of the trip, so we're planning to go back eventually and take a more leisurely and contemplative tour. I'd actually prefer the Summer Palace, but it was closed for the winter (natch).<br /><br />On Moody's, the silence from the blogosphere has been equally as deafening as the ruckus over Fitch. I take both with hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-52203647978078458072013-11-21T17:10:02.789+08:002013-11-21T17:10:02.789+08:00I reckon you are right about the external demand t...I reckon you are right about the external demand thingy. About the same time the LFPR shot up dramatically, the Eurozone economy was picking up plus Japan was experiencing a post Abe fillip and China regained its mocha somewhat. But the latest data indicates French, German growth have returned to anaemia while Japan's is beginning to flag ever so slightly. I would rather think also the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-27177661377881673552013-11-21T16:51:37.407+08:002013-11-21T16:51:37.407+08:00Howdy mate, glad you are back rather than trapped ...Howdy mate, glad you are back rather than trapped in some ancient gaudy contraption that looked like some infernal Oriental lego set of structures all crazily contrived to fan the vanity of silly little mortals…..hahahahahaha. <br />I dunno why but simply couldn’t resist that …wink wink..<br />Anyway how did it feel like to walk through them portals like the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen), orAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com