Ahead of ABS, Roy Morgan unemployment rises

Wednesday 15 June 2016

Ahead of the ABS’ labour force release later today, the latest Roy Morgan Research (RMR) unemployment estimate for May registered a 0.3% rise in unemployment to 10.7%, with the unemployment rate also up by 0.4% from a year ago (see next chart).

Here’s a summary of the release:

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.