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National jobless rate may be lowest in 7 years, but Qld’s is ½ percentage pt higher than in 2011-12

Posted on October 18, 2018 by

The Australian’s Friday front page was emailed out earlier tonight, and it reports “Jobless rate at lowest in seven years.” This may be the case for Australia, but it’s not so for Queensland, where the unemployment rate is stuck around … Continue reading →

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Qld “gets its mojo back” on international visitors

Posted on October 17, 2018 by

Mission Beach-based economist Pete Faulkner has great coverage of the latest international short-term arrivals and departures data for August from the ABS in his latest post: International arrivals still growing; QLD gets its mojo back while Tassie slows As Pete … Continue reading →

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NSW the biggest contributor to Qld’s net interstate migration gain

Posted on October 4, 2018 by

Queensland has recently returned to the number one spot among states and territories in terms of net interstate migration flows, as noted in the ABS’s media release last month Queensland the most popular state for interstate movers. Queensland gained 24,000 … Continue reading →

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Qld economy continues to under-perform

Posted on September 29, 2018 by

The Queensland economy continues to under-perform relative to the NSW and Victorian economies. In my post earlier this month, I noted that the Queensland economy remains lukewarm. Economic conditions are much stronger in NSW and Victoria than in Queensland, as … Continue reading →

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Which industries have created the most jobs in Qld over the last 10 years?

Posted on September 26, 2018 by

In the latest EconTalk episode, host Russ Roberts interviews the Australian robotics guru and MIT emeritus professor Rodney Brooks. After listening to the episode, I am now much less concerned about artificial intelligence and automation rendering a large fraction of … Continue reading →

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Qld regional unemployment rates facet wrap via R

Posted on September 20, 2018 by

Queensland is such a large and diverse state, with regional economies having vastly different drivers of growth (e.g. tourism in Cairns, mining in Mackay), that it’s often hard to get a sense of how different parts of the state are … Continue reading →

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My comments in Morningstar article on Australia’s “27-year economic winning streak”

Posted on June 30, 2018 by

One frequently quoted economic fact I think is a bit dubious is that Australia has had a record breaking expansion of 27 years. Although Australia avoided a technical recession (by not having two successive quarters of declining real GDP) during … Continue reading →

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