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After the disappointing April labour force data for QLD released last week (see here) which saw the State unemployment rate lift to 6.5% we were bracing for some weak regional data today. The reality was worse then we had been expecting. As always when considering the ABS Regional Labour Force …read more
Today’s release of the April Labour Force data from the ABS contains little to surprise at a national level, but the story for the Sunshine State is weaker again. April saw 10,800 new jobs (although these were all part-time with full-time jobs falling by 9,300 seasonally adjusted) and the headline …read more
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
The Labour Market data for March released by the ABS this morning showed an unexpectedly strong employment number with a total of 26,100 extra new jobs (although all of them, and more, were part-time with full-time jobs actually declining 8,800). With the Participation Rate stable (64.9) the only cloud on …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
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
This morning saw the ABS release the labour market data for Feb. Against market expectations the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell sharply to 5.8% (from 6.0%) despite there only being an additional 300 jobs in the month; the reason being a dip in the Participation Rate from 65.1 to 64.9. …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
Well it was bound to happen sooner or later. After a series of months when the labour force data has surprised on the upside January’s numbers have shocked on the downside. The seasonally adjusted series showed 7,900 jobs lost in the month with a thumping 40,600 reduction in full-time positions. …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
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