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The release of Building Approvals data for August is yet another disappointing set of numbers. Trend approvals fell 3.9% m/m and are now down 25.6% y/y. House approvals are down 15.8% y/y while units are off 38.8% y/y. For the past few months the data has suggested (see here) that …read more
The Queensland Government’s Fiscal Principle No 6 links Public Sector full-time-equivalent (FTE) growth to the growth of the populations. However, as regular readers will be aware, the government has consistently failed to get anywhere near that measure during its tenure. However, in September last year the Coaldrake Review (see here) …read more
The release of the June quarter Public Sector work force data shows that the Government’s fiscal principle of keeping full-time equivalent Public Sector employment growth to that of population growth has not been met. However, we need also to note that the Coaldrake Review recommneded, and the Govt accepted, that this target …read more
Today saw the release of the August ABS regional labour force data which allows us to update our own Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend series. With the labour data weakening at both national and state level it will come as little surprise that we see a similar picture emerging in the …read more
The August labour force data from the ABS this morning paints a mixed picture; but it’s one that it unlikely to get the RBA changing its mind anytime soon. Employment grew by 34,700 (seasonally adjusted) which was rather more than the market expectations of 15,200. However, compensating for that to …read more
Across the major states of Victoria, NSW and Queensland there is an interesting (and worrying) story centred on youth employment. Only in Victoria do we see Trend* employment growth in the youth cohort (15 to 24 year old) outstripping that of the state as a whole. While Victoria saw Trend …read more
Short term arrivals data for July shows a 3.3% y/y increase (Trend) to a new record high just shy of 800,000. This despite the fact that arrivals from China (still the largest single market) have slowed dramatically and are up just 1.0% y/y. Even this modest rise takes Chinese arrivals …read more
Today’s release of the June 2019 Labour Account data series provides a wealth of information. One thing it allows us to do is take a look at incomes across various industry sectors and how they have changed in the past 12 months. The table below shows, for selected industries, the year-on-year changes …read more
There’s been plenty written about the fact that the Participation Rate across Australia is at, or near, record highs and the effect this has had on suppressing unemployment rate declines, even as employment growth remains quite strong (see here for an example from the ABC a few weeks ago). The …read more
TRA have released their latest Tourism Forecasts for the next 10 years (available here). They are forecasting total visitor nights to grow at a slower pace than over the past decade; down from an average of 4.4% pa to 3.0% pa over ten years to 2029. Growth in international visitors …read more
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