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BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – November 2022
No November pain for employment, only for borrowers Estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labour force survey for November show no signs of the anticipated economic downturn. The national labour market managed to absorb a surprising 71,300 new... Read article
No November pain for employment, only for borrowers Estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labour force survey for November show no signs of the anticipated economic downturn. The national labour market managed to absorb a surprising 71,300 new... Read article
Pilbara Water Resources Situational Analysis
Water is a critical resource in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, a vast and diverse landscape that has been home to more than 31 Aboriginal language groups for at least 50,000 years. It is also home to globally significant... Read article
Water is a critical resource in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, a vast and diverse landscape that has been home to more than 31 Aboriginal language groups for at least 50,000 years. It is also home to globally significant... Read article
Understanding utility hardship
Access to energy and water is essential for people’s health, wellbeing and security, and to meet all of their basic needs. This is recognised in the United Nations Development, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable which sets out the goals of ensuring... Read article
Access to energy and water is essential for people’s health, wellbeing and security, and to meet all of their basic needs. This is recognised in the United Nations Development, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable which sets out the goals of ensuring... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – October 2022
Jobs up, unemployment down, but real wages keep on falling The Australian labour market remains defiant in the face of rising interest rates, adding 32,000 additional jobs in October. The unemployment rate fell back to 3.4 per cent, equalling the... Read article
Jobs up, unemployment down, but real wages keep on falling The Australian labour market remains defiant in the face of rising interest rates, adding 32,000 additional jobs in October. The unemployment rate fell back to 3.4 per cent, equalling the... Read article
Western Australia’s trade and economic relationship with China
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre was approached by the Australia China Business Council (ACBC) to evaluate the benefits of Western Australia’s trade, export and investment activity with China to the State’s households. China is the second largest economy in the... Read article
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre was approached by the Australia China Business Council (ACBC) to evaluate the benefits of Western Australia’s trade, export and investment activity with China to the State’s households. China is the second largest economy in the... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – September 2022
Growing signs the labour market has peaked While there were minimal changes in the key labour force figures from August to September 2022, the latest data reinforce our assessment that the labour market has peaked for the current cycle and... Read article
Growing signs the labour market has peaked While there were minimal changes in the key labour force figures from August to September 2022, the latest data reinforce our assessment that the labour market has peaked for the current cycle and... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – August 2022
The other side of the summit … After eight months of very strong jobs growth driving the national unemployment rate down to 3.5 per cent in June 2022, the July and now August figures suggest the labour market may have... Read article
The other side of the summit … After eight months of very strong jobs growth driving the national unemployment rate down to 3.5 per cent in June 2022, the July and now August figures suggest the labour market may have... Read article
Bridging the Gap: Population, skills and labour market adjustment in WA
This sixteenth report in the Focus on WA series takes a rigorous look at skills shortages and labour market dynamics in the WA labour market and provides a fresh conceptual look at what skills shortages are, new empirical evidence on... Read article
This sixteenth report in the Focus on WA series takes a rigorous look at skills shortages and labour market dynamics in the WA labour market and provides a fresh conceptual look at what skills shortages are, new empirical evidence on... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – July 2022
The BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update provides expert insights and analysis around the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labour force data release, focusing on employment patterns across state and territories. Coming in for a soft landing? Despite the national unemployment... Read article
The BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update provides expert insights and analysis around the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labour force data release, focusing on employment patterns across state and territories. Coming in for a soft landing? Despite the national unemployment... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – June 2022
National records continue to tumble Estimates from the June labour force survey show another sizeable jump in total employment across the country, with 88,400 more people finding work last month. That followed on the heels of an increase of 60,000... Read article
National records continue to tumble Estimates from the June labour force survey show another sizeable jump in total employment across the country, with 88,400 more people finding work last month. That followed on the heels of an increase of 60,000... Read article
Canning Vale Food Value Add Precinct
The City of Canning engaged the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) to assess the economic case and potential opportunities of a food value add precinct in the Canning Vale industrial area. This report, Canning Vale Food Value Add Precinct, assesses the economic... Read article
The City of Canning engaged the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) to assess the economic case and potential opportunities of a food value add precinct in the Canning Vale industrial area. This report, Canning Vale Food Value Add Precinct, assesses the economic... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – May 2022
Inflation looms as the constraint Employment continued its strong growth path in May. The labour force figures show an additional 60,000 persons gained employment in Australia from the previous month, with 70,000 additional full-time jobs offset by a decline in... Read article
Inflation looms as the constraint Employment continued its strong growth path in May. The labour force figures show an additional 60,000 persons gained employment in Australia from the previous month, with 70,000 additional full-time jobs offset by a decline in... Read article
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre team acknowledges the Wadjuk Nyungar people as the traditional owners of the land on which the Centre is situated.