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I spoke to Kier Shorey on ABC Far North this morning about the latest Dept of Social Services data for Job Seekers in the area. You can listen below.
Regular readers will be well aware that there are various ways to look at the labour market; the standard “unemployment rate”being just one of them. Another, less well known measure, is provided by the Dept of Social Services in their monthly payment recipients data. Our own Conus Trend series for …read more
Yesterday saw the ABS release their February monthly regional labour force data, and our own Conus Trend series (see here for details). The ABS also released their quarterly data on regional employment by industry sector for the February quarter. This is presented on a quarterly basis as a rolling 4-quarter average, and as …read more
The ABS released their regional labour force data for February this morning. As always, the original, unadjusted ABS data needs some analysis if we are to see a clear picture. Our preferred analysis tool is the Conus Trend series. In light of the generally weak QLD data for Feb released …read more
After our post about the SALM data earlier this week (see here), we spoke to Kier Shorey on ABC Far North this morning about the numbers, particularly for Cairns. You can listen below.
Friday saw the release of the Small Area Labour Market (SALM) data from the Dept. of Employment; and it was good news for the Far North and bad for Townsville…again. The SALM data is based on a range of indicators including ABS Labour Force data for the SA4 areas, Youth and …read more
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 ABS data for February shows the headline (seasonally adjusted) unemployment rate jumped to 5.9% (from 5.7%) as the economy lost 6,400 jobs (market had been expecting +16,300). However, it’s not all bad news as the losses all came from part time jobs with full time positions actually increasing by …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.
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