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Today’s release of ABS Regional Labour Market data is a very clear tale of two very different cities in the north of the State. Once we have adjusted the raw ABS data, and therefore created the Conus Trend series, we see that Trend Employment in Cairns rose by 400 in …read more
In all the excitement (?) of the Local Government elections last month we missed the release of the Dec quarter SALM data from the Dept of Employment. The SALM data is based on a range of indicators including ABS Labour Force data for the SA4 areas, youth and Newstart allowance …read more
Today saw the release of the regional building approvals data for Feb from the ABS. As always, this unadjusted original data can be highly volatile so we should consider instead the Conus Trends. Here we see the Trend for residential approvals in the Cassowary Coast Regional Council area static at …read more
Today sees the release of the ABS Regional Population estimates as at mid-year 2015 and they show us a small decline in the estimated population of the Cassowary Coast Local Government area to 28,689 (from 28,694 a year earlier). Over the course of the past decade the population of the …read more
The ABS regional labour force data for Feb were released yesterday and, after analysis via the Conus Trend they show Trend employment growth in Cairns having come to a halt. Despite an original unadjusted figure which showed an increase of 600 the Conus Trend saw Trend employment remain static at 108,700 …read more
Today saw the release from the ABS of the regional labour market data for January. As always with this regional data the ABS only provide the original, unadjusted numbers. To get a clear picture we focus on the Conus Trend series. In Cairns the ABS reported a loss of 5,100 …read more
The ABS released data for Short Term (less than one year) Arrivals and Departures for December. It shows that arrivals into Australia are continuing to grow very strongly hitting a new record high of 659,800 for the month (seasonally adjusted). This is 12% higher than a year ago and for …read more
Yesterday saw the release of the ABS Regional Building Approvals data for December. The ABS provide the data only as an unadjusted monthly series, so we prefer to study our own Conus Trend to get a meaningful picture. In the Cairns region (including Douglas Shire) the ABS reported just 55 …read more
Today’s release of the (unadjusted) ABS labour force data for regions allows us to update our own Conus Trend series for the Queensland regions. In Cairns we saw the Conus Trend unemployment rate fall to 7.2% (7.5% in Nov); its lowest level since Aug 2011. Trend employment in Dec increased by …read more
I’ve been away enjoying some snow in Japan so have missed the past two week’s of data since the New Year. This post is an abridged version to simply update some charts and make a few comments… Building Approvals. The November nationwide approvals numbers (seasonally adjusted) saw a big dip …read more
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