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BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – December 2022 Alan Duncan, Michael Dockery, Astghik Mavisakalyan Despite little change, December figures may mark a turning point Nationally, there was minimal movement in the main labour force aggregates in December. Total employment fell marginally, by 14,600 jobs or one tenth of a per cent, the participation rate... Read article 23 January 2023Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – November 2022 Alan Duncan, Michael Dockery, Astghik Mavisakalyan 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 19 December 2022Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – October 2022 Alan Duncan, Michael Dockery, Astghik Mavisakalyan 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 23 November 2022Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – September 2022 Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan, Astghik Mavisakalyan 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 28 October 2022Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – August 2022 Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan, Astghik Mavisakalyan 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 3 October 2022Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – July 2022 Alan Duncan, Michael Dockery, Astghik Mavisakalyan 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 24 August 2022Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – June 2022 Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan, Astghik Mavisakalyan 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 21 July 2022Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – May 2022 Alan Duncan, Michael Dockery, Astghik Mavisakalyan 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 20 June 2022Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – April 2022 Alan Duncan, Michael Dockery, Astghik Mavisakalyan Unemployment rate hits record low Australia’s official unemployment rate is now at the lowest level since the current labour force series commenced 44 years ago, in February 1978. The new record of 3.9 per cent was in fact awarded retrospectively... Read article 20 May 2022Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – March 2022 Alan Duncan, Michael Dockery, Astghik Mavisakalyan How low can you go? With newfound interest in the national unemployment rate arising from the federal election campaign trail, all eyes were on the release of the March figure to see if it would break through the 4 per... Read article 27 April 2022Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – January 2022 Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan, Astghik Mavisakalyan The national recovery takes a sickie As speculation mounts around the national unemployment rate breaking through the 4 per cent barrier and the potential implications for wages growth, the unemployment rate for Australia held steady at 4.2 per cent in... Read article 28 February 2022Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – December 2021 Alan Duncan, Michael Dockery, Astghik Mavisakalyan The nation rebound meets Omicron On the heels of November’s record 366,000 job rebound after COVID-19 restrictions eased in the Eastern States, December delivered further growth of 64,800 jobs nationally. The participation rate remained unchanged over the month, so this... Read article 28 January 2022Monthly Labour Market Update Read More