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Over the past few years there has been much discussion about the impact that demographic changes (particularly an aging population) are having on the labour market. In particular, focus has been on the effects of varying participation rates within different age groups and the impact these are having on the …read more
The decline in Trend residential building approvals in QLD reported last week (see here) means that a similar fall in the North was to be expected. However the declines in both Cairns and Townsville are still larger than we might have hoped for. The original, unadjusted data from the ABS …read more
Last week our own Conus Trend estimates of employment and unemployment rate in Cairns for January had jobs up 8,000 since Jan 2016 and the Trend unemployment rate at 5.9% (see full details here). Today sees the release of Herron Todd White’s Cairns Watch (available in full here); and its …read more
Pete spoke briefly to Keir Shorey on ABC Far North this morning about yesterday’s regional jobs data for Cairns and Townsville (read the post here). You can listen to the radio interview below.
Today saw the release of the ABS Regional Labour Force data. As always, we focus on our own Conus Trend series to see through the highly volatile original, unadjusted ABS data; and what we see is more good news for the North. In Cairns Trend employment has lifted by another …read more
There’s been a lot of interest today on the back of the Courier Mail #GoQLD campaign and article on jobs in the regions. John MacKenzie spoke to Pete earlier today; you can listen to the interview below.
Pete spoke to Kier Shorey on ABC Far North this morning about the latest regional building approvals data from last week (see here) as well as his thoughts on the otulook for 2017 and beyond. You can listen to the interview below.
The Courier Mail have launched this year’s GO QLD campaign with a piece on the regions which includes extensive use of the Conus Trend Regional Jobs data. You can read the story here. Gene Tunny at Adept Economics has posted today on the GO QLD campaign and is also quoted …read more
Today’s release of Regional Building Approvals continues the recent trend of declines. The original, unadjusted ABS data is best seen through the lens of the Conus Trend and here we see the SA4 Region of Cairns drop from a revised 74 in Nov (was 73) to 70 in December; this …read more
Earlier this week Pete had a piece in The Cairns Post talking about the recovery in place in the Cassowary Coast (see below). This was followed up today by a chat on radio 4CA with John MacKenzie, which you can listen to below.
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