Youth labour market continues to deteriorate

Friday 20 January 2017

Yesterday’s ABS labour force release for December revealed a further rapid deterioration in labour market conditions for those aged 15 to 24 years old.

As the headline unemployment rate continued to rise, from 13.12% in November to 13.19%:

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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.