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MNI: PBOC Drains Net CNY423 Bln Via OMO Thurs; Rates Unchanged

CHINA PBOC INJECTS CNY43 BILLION VIA 7-DAY REVERSE REPOS THURS

CHINA SETS YUAN CENTRAL PARITY AT 7.1049 THURS VS 7.1039

MNI: AUSTRALIA DEC BUILDING APPROVALS -9.5% M/M, -24% Y/Y

MNI: AUSTRALIA DEC DWELLING APPROVALS -9.5% M/M

MNI BRIEF: Stabilizing Prices Helps BOC Turn Neutral-Freeland

MNI BRIEF: Canada Needs CAD1 Trln To Fix Housing Squeeze- CMHC

MNI BRIEF: Canada Shows No Progress Closing Housing Shortfall

REPEAT: MNI DATA: Spare Capacity a Sticky Point for RBA MonPol 

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 01:28 GMT Mar 22/21:28 EST Mar 21
By Sophia Rodrigues
     SYDNEY (MNI) - The pace of jobs growth in Australia slowed for the second
straight month, keeping the jobless rate around 5.5% and posing risk for the
outlook for spare capacity to slowly decline and therefore for pickup in wage
growth.
     The data poses downside risk for a hike in the Reserve Bank of Australia's
cash rate by this year-end but  keeps intact possibility for a hike in the early
part of next year.
     Data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics Thursday showed the
number of employed persons rose 17,500 in February, falling short of MNI median
forecast for +20,000. In the two months this year, the average monthly gain was
+15,000. In the last six months, the monthly average is +26,200 compared with
+43,200 six months prior to that.
     Labor participation rate rose, leading to rise in the unemployment rate to
5.6% from 5.5%, and disappointing expectation for the jobless rate to remain
unchanged at 5.5%.
     Despite the two headline disappointments, the data could be described as
mixed as full-time jobs rose, monthly hours worked increased, labor
participation rose and employment-to-population ratio remained elevated.
     The unemployment rate has hovered around 5.5% mark (range 5.4% to 5.6%) for
ten straight months, indicating the rate is likely to remain sticky around this
level unless the last year's trend of strong job gains continues this year, or
labor participation rate declines.
     This is a key risk for the Reserve Bank of Australia's outlook for slow
decline in the jobless rate. It is also a risk for expectations for cash rate
hike late this year as the RBA may need to feel some confidence that jobless
rate will fall towards 5.0% before it brings rate hike discussion on the table.
     In the February Statement on Monetary Policy, the RBA said, "It is unclear
whether participation rates will increase further and, if so, by how much; this
represents an uncertainty around the question of how spare capacity in the
labour market is likely to evolve."
     Other indicators in the data also validate the risk for decline in spare
capacity. Underemployment rate rose slightly to 8.4% in February from 8.3% in
November, and labor underutilization rate also increased to 13.9% from 13.8%.
     But offsetting some of the risk is the fact that employment continues to
grow and in the latest month, the gain were entirely due to increase in
full-time jobs. In line with this, monthly hours worked rose. Such outcomes are
positive for household income and thus for outlook for household consumption,
and growth.
     Below are key details of the labor force data for February:
                                           February                      January
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         (M/M, seasonally adjusted)   (M/M, seasonally adjusted)
                                                            +12,500(revised from
Employed Persons                            +17,500                     +16,000)
                           +20,000 (range +7,500 to
MNI Consensus                              +30,000)
                                                           -53,200 (revised from
Full-time Employment                        +64,900                     -49,800)
                                                           +65,600 (revised from
Part-time Employment                        -47,400                     +65,900)
Unemployment Rate                              5.6%     5.5% (revised from 5.5%)
MNI Consensus             5.5% (range 5.3% to 5.6%)
Participation Rate                            65.7%          65.6% (no revision)
MNI Consensus                                 65.6%
                                                            -6,800 (revised from
Unemployed Persons                           +8,900                      -7,900)
Employment to
Population                                    62.0%          62.0% (no revision)
Underemployment Rate                           8.4%  8.3% (No revision from Nov)
                                                       13.8% (revised from 13.7%
Underutilization Rate                         13.9%                         Nov)
--MNI Sydney Bureau; tel: +61 2-9716-5467; email: sophia.rodrigues@marketnews.com
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