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Straya punches below its weight in real Olymipics
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
49
Election, Census disguise jobs market “hollowing out”
So much for that part time jobs surge, from Peter Martin: Full-time employment has slid 64,500 since December while part-time employment has surged 136,600.
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
16
The bedpan economy does not require dudes
A quick addendum to my employment post on casualisation.
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
24
Unemployment in detail: Rise of the casual
As I reported earlier, the ABS has released July Labour Force figures and the headline numbers were stronger than consensus with 26,200 jobs created versus 10k expected.
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
2
Jobs numbers firm so long as you’re part time
The ABS has released July employment numbers and the news is whacky: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE) Employment increased 26,200 to 11,968,600.
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
19
What job will get you a pay rise?
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
14
Roy Morgan unemployment jumps in July
Leading into today’s figures, here’s a negative taster: July unemployment rose 0.9% to 10.5% – nearly double the current ABS figure for June 2016 (5.8%). Now 1.365 million Australians (up 268,000 since July 2015) are unemployed.
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
3
Banana gas market enters theatre of the absurd
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
16
Wages bump along the bottom
The June QTR wage price index is out and is bumping along the bottom registering new trend lows in the quarter for both public and private sectors at 0.4% and 0.5% respectively.
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
4
Leading index firms a bit more
From Westpac: • The six month annualised growth rate in the WestpacMelbourne Institute Leading Index, which indicates the likely pace of economic activity relative to trend three to nine months into the future, rose from –0.15% in June to –0.12% in July.
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
Glenn Stevens slams McKibbin doctrine
Let’s recall the shocking McKibbin Doctrine: Obsessed by weak commodity prices and volatility in global financial markets to the point of not thinking about the future?
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
67
Has Australia dodged the recession bullet again?
Yesterday’s post on the slightly improved outlook for 2017 Australian growth prompted some criticism from readers, as well as some soul searching.
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
49
More on the 2017 public spending push
This time from CBA: Investment is essential to both long run job creation and productivity growth, which ultimately drives real income growth.
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
1
STEM the tide of the brain drain
Chris Becker
8 years ago
70
Is 2017 shaping as Australian boom or bust?
For some time MB has had 2017 earmarked as a bust year for the Australian economy.
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
44
More fracking will not fix east coast gas prices
Mirabile dictu!
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
11
Decade low petrol prices to add further deflation
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
4
Australia’s hidden (and growing) labour slack
From Macquarie Bank: We see two issues with the labour force data which suggest potential for volatility if the current complacency is challenged.
David Llewellyn-Smith
8 years ago
2
Alcoa to close Portland smelter?
Just in from The Age: The future of the Portland aluminium smelter in Victoria – and the jobs of hundreds of workers – is in doubt with the power company which supplies the plant disclosing one of the plant’s owners is to terminate a supply contract, with all supply contracts expected to be axed.
Leith van Onselen
8 years ago
17
Morrison right to block Ausgrid sale
By Leith van Onselen Yesterday afternoon, Treasurer Scott Morrison blocked the sale of Australia’s biggest electricity grid – Ausgrid – to foreign buyers on national security grounds.
Leith van Onselen
8 years ago
44
Why people have lost faith in privatisation
Cross-posted from The Conversation: From the viewpoint of ordinary Australians, privatisation is a policy that has consistently failed but is remorselessly pushed by the political elite.
Leith van Onselen
8 years ago
66
Captain Glenn disappoints in final speech
By Leith van Onselen Find below Glenn Stevens’ final speech yesterday as governor of the RBA before he hands the reins over to Phil Lowe: Thank you for coming out once more to support the Anika Foundation.
Leith van Onselen
8 years ago
14
The suburbs are the real job engines
By Ross Elliott, cross-posted from The Pulse: The changing economy is an irresistible force, the impacts of which are being played out on many fronts.
Leith van Onselen
8 years ago
27
Westpac consumer sentiment rises 2%
From Bill Evans at Westpac: The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment increased by 2.0% in August from 99.1 in July to 101.0 in August.
Leith van Onselen
8 years ago
4
Australia: no longer land of the fair go
Cross-posted from The Conversation: Australians often pride themselves on living in the land of the “fair go”.
Leith van Onselen
8 years ago
59
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