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Economic growth to slow significantly: IGR

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... or 1.7% per person, achieved over the past 40 years due to an ageing population and gradual decline in the participation rate. "To achieve this level of growth going forward, we must take steps to build jobs and opportunity. We also need to make choices ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... 2010. Jobless rate up to 5.7% last month from 5.6% in December but this was largely due to the lift in the participation rate from 62.7% to 62.9% in January. Discouraged job seekers are encouraged to send out resumes again - a fact highlighted by the ...

Are we there now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... hourly earnings increased by 0.4% in November from the previous month and 2.2% from a year earlier. Though the participation rate was unchanged at 62.8 - a 35-year low - improving labour market conditions should encourage more Americans to start looking. ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... because despite the good headline numbers, the underlying indications from mother's latest update weren't so. The participation rate dropped to 62.7% in September - the lowest since I was still in high school (February 1978) - wage growth (what wage ...

Unbelievably beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... it wasn't only the August employment figure that's highly suspect, the 0.4 percentage point increase in the participation rate to 65.2% is too. This is the reason why "The ABS encourages the use of the trend series" because it "smooths the seasonally ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... modest gains, despite a rise in the unemployment rate. Unemployment rose to six per cent in June - although the participation rate is up and almost 16,000 extra people found jobs. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 11.9 points, or 0.22 per cent, higher ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... The unemployment rate was steady at 5.8% in May, as the total number of people with jobs fell 4,800 and the participation rate also slipped. The unemployment rate was expected to reach 5.9% in May, with 10,000 jobs added to the economy. "There hasn't ...

Raise preservation age with some exceptions: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... they are eligible for the Age Pension. "Australia experienced a revolution in the workplace which allowed the participation rate for women to increase from 45 per cent to 59 per cent over 30 years. We need a similar revolution in culture, policy and ...

Mother doesn't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... reveals that this was mainly due to the a whopping 806K job seekers dropping out of the labour force.A The participation rate fell to 62.8% in April - the lowest level in 36 years -- from 63.2 in the previous month. Not good 'ey? Wait! There's more to ...

Excuses, excuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... month before. The good thing about last month's decline in the jobless rate is that it can't be 'blamed' on the participation rate - it increased to 63.0% from 62.8% in December. Also, take a look at U-6 unemployment - yup, the stat the gloomers often ...

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