Youth labour market begins to soften

Thursday 13 September 2018

Yesterday’s ABS labour force release for August revealed a further softening Australian youth labour market – i.e. those aged 15 to 24 years old – as both full-time and part-time jobs growth weakened.

While the trend headline unemployment rate fell to 11.20% in August from 11.38% in July:

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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.