Following last week’s labour force figures for August, I posted an article showing that unemployment for Australians aged between 15 and 24 had risen to 13.8% in trend terms – the highest youth unemployment rate since November 2001 (see next chart).
I also showed that total employment growth for those aged 15-24 years of age has been more or less negative since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), whilst the rest of the labour force has experienced positive growth (see next chart).
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