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BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – August 2025
Total employment down marginally, as full-time job losses outnumber part-time gains. Average monthly hours worked fall nationally; vacancies fall in all states and territories. The headline unemployment rate steady at 4.2 per cent but likely to rise in coming months.... Read article
Total employment down marginally, as full-time job losses outnumber part-time gains. Average monthly hours worked fall nationally; vacancies fall in all states and territories. The headline unemployment rate steady at 4.2 per cent but likely to rise in coming months.... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – July 2025
Rebound in employment in July; job vacancies and hours worked also up. Female participation rate hits record 63.5 per cent. Real wage growth in positive territory, but yet to claw back losses since 2020. “I’m not dead yet” After two... Read article
Rebound in employment in July; job vacancies and hours worked also up. Female participation rate hits record 63.5 per cent. Real wage growth in positive territory, but yet to claw back losses since 2020. “I’m not dead yet” After two... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – June 2025
Australia’s national unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent in June, up 0.2ppt for the month and the highest since mid-2022. The overall increase masked a sharp shift from full-time to part-time jobs, contributing to lower average monthly hours worked.... Read article
Australia’s national unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent in June, up 0.2ppt for the month and the highest since mid-2022. The overall increase masked a sharp shift from full-time to part-time jobs, contributing to lower average monthly hours worked.... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – May 2025
Unemployment rate steady at 4.1 per cent as labour market holds on to prior month’s surge in employment. Female employment-to-population ratio reaches all time high of 60.9 per cent. Despite the inflationary threat from oil prices, global uncertainty should add... Read article
Unemployment rate steady at 4.1 per cent as labour market holds on to prior month’s surge in employment. Female employment-to-population ratio reaches all time high of 60.9 per cent. Despite the inflationary threat from oil prices, global uncertainty should add... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – April 2025
Almost 90,000 additional jobs generated last month, according to April Labour Force Survey estimates. Female participation rate rebounds 0.5ppt, returns to record high of 63.4 per cent. Real wages up by 0.9 per cent in the year to the March... Read article
Almost 90,000 additional jobs generated last month, according to April Labour Force Survey estimates. Female participation rate rebounds 0.5ppt, returns to record high of 63.4 per cent. Real wages up by 0.9 per cent in the year to the March... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – March 2025
A modest rebound in employment after February’s surprise fall in jobs. Unemployment remains low and stable. Global uncertainty adding to likelihood of a May interest rate cut. Labour market steady in pre-election jobs figures The key interest in the labour... Read article
A modest rebound in employment after February’s surprise fall in jobs. Unemployment remains low and stable. Global uncertainty adding to likelihood of a May interest rate cut. Labour market steady in pre-election jobs figures The key interest in the labour... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – February 2025
— Surprise 52,800 drop in the number of persons employed. — — Unemployment rate remains at 4.1 per cent thanks to big drop in participation. — — Direction of labour market difficult to read amidst volatility and revisions to previous... Read article
— Surprise 52,800 drop in the number of persons employed. — — Unemployment rate remains at 4.1 per cent thanks to big drop in participation. — — Direction of labour market difficult to read amidst volatility and revisions to previous... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – January 2025
— Participation records keep tumbling as female participation rate jumps 0.5 percentage points to 63.5 per cent. — — Jobs growth solid, unemployment rate up from 4.0 per cent to 4.1 per cent. — — A further interest rate cut... Read article
— Participation records keep tumbling as female participation rate jumps 0.5 percentage points to 63.5 per cent. — — Jobs growth solid, unemployment rate up from 4.0 per cent to 4.1 per cent. — — A further interest rate cut... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – December 2024
— Unemployment rate creeps back to 4 per cent, despite strong jobs growth. — — Male participation rate the highest in over a decade, up 0.3ppt to 71.4 per cent. — — The renewables transition may be starting to show... Read article
— Unemployment rate creeps back to 4 per cent, despite strong jobs growth. — — Male participation rate the highest in over a decade, up 0.3ppt to 71.4 per cent. — — The renewables transition may be starting to show... Read article
Monthly Labour Market Update – November 2024
— Unemployment rate back below 4 per cent on the back of solid rise in full-time jobs. — — Participation falls marginally to 67.0 per cent, down from record high 67.1 per cent. — — Signs of increased industrial action... Read article
— Unemployment rate back below 4 per cent on the back of solid rise in full-time jobs. — — Participation falls marginally to 67.0 per cent, down from record high 67.1 per cent. — — Signs of increased industrial action... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – October 2024
— Job creation slows in October, but marks seventh month of uninterrupted growth. — — Unemployment rate steady at 4.1 per cent as participation rate eases from record level. — — Recently released indices for prices and wages suggest inflation... Read article
— Job creation slows in October, but marks seventh month of uninterrupted growth. — — Unemployment rate steady at 4.1 per cent as participation rate eases from record level. — — Recently released indices for prices and wages suggest inflation... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – September 2024
— Nationally 64,100 jobs added in September as male full-time employment surges 1.1 per cent in a single month. — — Unemployment rate steady at 4.1 per cent, after August figure revised down. — — Public sector employment growth conflicting with... Read article
— Nationally 64,100 jobs added in September as male full-time employment surges 1.1 per cent in a single month. — — Unemployment rate steady at 4.1 per cent, after August figure revised down. — — Public sector employment growth conflicting with... 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.