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Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... Bureau of Statistics unemployment figures, Senator Jane Hume said Australia has achieved the highest female participation rate in the workforce ever at 61.8%, up from February data of 61.4%. Overall, the unemployment rate declined to 5.6%, down from ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... March 2021: Unemployment rate decreased to 5.6% - the lowest level since March 2020 - from 5.8% in February Participation rate increased to 66.3% - a historic high - indicating optimism among jobseekers over the likelihood of getting hired. Employment ...

Chief economist update: What a difference an Australian year makes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... people. The unemployment rate dropped sharply to 5.8% in February from 6.3% in the previous month despite the participation rate remaining steady at an elevated 66.1%. Sure, Australia has had some delays in the vaccine roll-out but with cases of infections ...

More women in workforce with greater paternity leave: ASI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
Ahead of International Women's Day on Monday, Aberdeen Standard Investments is calling for reform to parental leave policies to increase women's participation in the work force, saying increased paternity leave means more women in work. A research paper ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... would hit the RBA's 2021 forecast of 6.0% in the next two months (March)... and that's despite the participation rate remaining at around 17-month highs - itself, a measure of workers' optimism over their employment prospects.... and optimistic ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... would hit the RBA's 2021 forecast of 6.0% in the next two months (March)... and that's despite the participation rate remaining at around 17-month highs - itself, a measure of workers' optimism over their employment prospects. This is backed ...

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... rate to 6.6% in December from 6.8% in the previous month and this comes despite the 0.1 point increase in the participation rate to 66.2% -- indicating jobseekers' confidence over their job prospects. This compares with the 8.0% unemployment rate ...

Chief economist update: Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... unemployment rate to 6.6% in December from 6.8% in the previous - and this comes despite the 0.1 point increase in the participation rate to 66.2% - indicating jobseekers' confidence over their job prospects. This compares with the 8.0% unemployment ...

Chief economist update: Government spending made money, saved money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... the December quarter, is now forecast to peak at 7.5% in the March quarter 2021, with both employment and the participation rate higher than expected. The unemployment rate is expected to fall to 6.25% by the June quarter 2022, in line with the recovery ...

Chief economist update: Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... from 6.9% in the previous month but this was more a factor of more workers giving up on looking for work - the participation rate decreased to 61.5% from 61.7% in October. Moreover, the household survey showed that the number of people reporting they ...