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Economic Update – US GDP, Gold, and Aussie jobs & CPI

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Gene Tunny

In my latest video, I review the economic news of the past week, including US GDP, the record high gold price, and Australian jobs and CPI data in this time of the COVID-19 second wave. Incidentally, I highly recommended you … Continue reading →

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Qld’s regional economies & COVID-19 – video chat with Pete Faulkner

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Earlier today I chatted with Pete Faulkner from Far-North-Queensland-based Conus Business Consultancy Services regarding how Queensland’s regional economies have been impacted by COVID-19. Check out the recording of our Zoom conversation below. You can download the slides we chatted about … Continue reading →

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Australia’s upcoming mini-Budget

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will hand down a mini-Budget this Thursday, and it’s coming just in time, given the growing concern over the spread of COVID-19 in Victoria and NSW. I recorded a video earlier today with some thoughts on … Continue reading →

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Deloitte highlights trade tensions with China and lower commodity prices as risks to Qld recovery

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Gene Tunny

According to today’s Courier-Mail, Deloitte’s new Business Outlook report highlights the risks to Queensland’s economic recovery from lower commodity prices and trade tensions with China affecting our commodity, tourism, and education exports. Deloitte also rightly mentions the risk to the … Continue reading →

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Aussie unemployment & underemployment video

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Gene Tunny

In my latest video, I expand on my post from last Monday True Queensland unemployment rate around 12% and discuss just how bad the Australian labour market is at the moment. Thanks to those readers who commented on the post … Continue reading →

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Official Qld unemployment rate of 7.9% doesn’t tell the full story

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Gene Tunny

It’s obvious the official unemployment rate figures from the ABS are understating the true unemployment rate due to large numbers of people having left the labour force, evidenced by the collapse in the workforce participation rate. The official estimates for … Continue reading →

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Gender pay gap recap – latest podcast episode

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Andrew Leigh MP’s Inequality Bites video Underpaid & Over It prompted me to have another look at the gender pay gap in my latest Economics Explained podcast episode. Resources mentioned in the episode include: Blau and Kahn JEL article on … Continue reading →

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Jobs coming back as economy reopens

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Gene Tunny

The AFR’s Matthew Cranston has nicely summarised the latest payroll data published by the ABS yesterday in his article Job market crawls off floor as recovery begins: The worst appears to be over in the job market with Tax Office … Continue reading →

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Economic update: US jobs & Australian PBO fiscal projections

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Gene Tunny

I’ve recorded a video covering the May US jobs data, which have been greeted very positively by the markets despite the data showing only a small rebound*, and the Australian Parliamentary Budget Office’s rather pessimistic projection of an additional $620 … Continue reading →

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Qld jobless rate at 6.8% but effectively over 10%

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Gene Tunny

This afternoon I caught up with Ben Scott, who works as a Research Assistant in my business Adept Economics, to discuss the April Labour Force data published by the ABS today, as well as the possible shape of the eventual … Continue reading →

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