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Jobless rate stuck at 14-year lows in November: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
... pushed the jobless rate to its lowest level since December 1989. The ABS said there was a slight fall in the participation rate, the number of people working or looking for work, from 63.8 per cent to 63.7 per cent. Employment minister Kevin Andrews ...

Increase in newspaper and internet job advertisements: ANZ

... month lower than at any time since early 1977 - provided there were no further increase in the labour force participation rate from October's level."

ICAP economists say interest rate hike is unwarranted

ICAP economists have said that the current strength of GDP growth does not fully warrant an interest rate hike by the RBA, saying that the GDP has grown well below trend by just 2.6 per cent over the past year. They said the non-farm inventories (contributing ...

Navigator launches new "safety" fund for cautious investors

... maturity the guaranteed investment is paid plus the average of the quarterly performance values multiplied by the participation rate. "We're pleased to be offering a capital protected fund on the Navigator platform for the first time," said Navigator ...

Unemployment at 20-year low: ABS

... 575,100 in October. The unemployment rate dipped from 5.8 per cent to 5.6% during that time. The labour force participation rate has increased from 63.5% to 63.8%. The male unemployment rate remained at 5.6% and the female unemployment rate decreased ...

ANZ job ads up 1.4%

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... depend on the extent to which the improved labour market conditions attract new entrants, with the labour force participation rate remaining unusually low in recent months," she said. If the current rate of job ads does result in increased employment ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar up after employment announcements

... September, from an unrevised 5.8 per cent in August, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. The workforce participation rate in September was 63.5 per cent, steady with 63.5 per cent in August. The Australian bond market opened fractionally stronger ...

Jobless rate down, could go lower: Costello

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... influences. But full-time jobs rose 43,300, the total dragged back by a 28,600 fall in part-time work. The participation rate, the proportion of working age people working or looking for work, remained steady at 63.5 per cent. Mr Costello said he did ...

Economists expect sedate employment growth for September

... further strength in headlines employment could be expected to bring more people into the workforce and send the participation rate back up a little," he said. St George Bank senior economist Tim Crawford expected a drop of 20,000 in employment and a ...

Latest employment data released by the ABS

... where no parent is employed (as compared to all children) for September 2002 was 17.2%. The trend labour force participation rate was 63.5% for August 2003, which was a fall of 0.4% as compared with the previous quarter and a decrease of 0.1% as compared ...