The Week in Markets: Federal Reserve says “we will do everything we can to support a strong labour market”

Three weeks ago, there were concerns of a new Black Monday, similar to the one in 1987. Today, global equities have reached a new high. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole focused on the labour market, where he said that the cooling is unmistakable. However, the Challenger Report showed only 26,000 job cuts in July, much lower than the 20-year average of 63,000 per month. A closer look at the rise in unemployment shows that much of it is coming from new entrants to the labour force who have not yet found jobs, leaving them still in the ranks of the unemployed.
 
This episode is presented by Mark Matthews, Head of Research Asia at Julius Baer.

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