Friday, November 18, 2016

Tight Labour Market, but still with Headwinds

Economic Research
18 November 2016
Hong Kong

Economic Highlights




Hong Kong’s unemployment rate remained unchanged for eight consecutive months in Oct 2016, indicating labour market still remained tight. Better-than-expected economic growth and gradual global economic recovery largely supported labour demand in related sectors. As income growth was still on the rise, we believe HK’s unemployment rate will remain stable in the near term. But in a longer term, we see more pressure coming from external uncertainties and strong HKD.


Economist:  Zhang Fan | +8621 6288 9611

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