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Tag Archives: tourism
Qld economy not generating enough jobs for uni, VET & school leavers
Market economists do not appear too concerned about the new ABS jobs figures released yesterday showing the national unemployment rate increased to 5.9% in February from 5.7% in January. There is a recognition that there is a lot of noise … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, australia, jobs, qld, queensland, teq, tourism, unemploymentrate
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Greater labour mobility a better way to assist PNG than budgetary support
Last Thursday, ABC News reported that Papua New Guinea has asked for a re-direction of Australia’s foreign aid program towards direct contributions to PNG’s health and education budgets. PNG, a country already struggling with high population growth and public health … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Labour market, Tourism, Uncategorized
Tagged agedcare, agricultural, australia, guestworkers, labourmobility, menziesresearchcentre, migration, mrc, pacific, tourism
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HSBC’s Paul Bloxham on the economic outlook and President Trump
Last Thursday, Paul Bloxham, HSBC Chief Economist for Australia and NZ, gave an excellent briefing on the economic outlook at a lunchtime event organised by the French Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FACCI), and hosted by Clayton Utz at … Continue reading
CommSec highlights importance of residential construction to Qld economy
The latest State of the States report from CommSec highlights the current importance of residential construction to the health of the Queensland economy. As reported by John McCarthy in today’s Courier-Mail: QUEENSLAND’S economy is starting to emerge from the mining … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Macroeconomy, Mining, Tourism, Uncategorized
Tagged commsec, construction, mining, qld, qldeconomy, queensland, tourism
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US recovery on track, while Australian economists wait anxiously for latest National Accounts
The latest US jobs data show an economy that is growing quite nicely, with 178,000 new jobs over the last month, and with unemployment falling to 4.6%, its lowest rate since the financial crisis (see chart below). However, the market … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Macroeconomy, Mining, North Queensland, Townsville, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, agriculture, australianeconomy, bls, cashrate, china, fed, federalreserve, fundsrate, interestrates, japan, nationalaccounts, teq, tourism, us, useconomy, wages, wheat
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Tuesday’s Jobs Growth Summit a great opportunity to push for better economic policies
On Tuesday, I will be attending the Queensland Jobs Growth Summit at Parliament House, which is being hosted by UQ’s School of Economics (my occasional employer) and the Australia Institute. My business Adept Economics is one of several Summit sponsors. … Continue reading
Posted in IR, Labour market, Macroeconomy, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged australiainstitute, brisbane, cciq, employment, jobs, mining, qld, queensland, services, tai, tourism, townsville, tradinghours, uber, uq
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Comment in Courier-Mail on volatile Qld jobs data
With the huge volatility in State unemployment rate estimates, demonstrated by the ABS seasonally adjusted estimate of Queensland’s unemployment rate falling from 6.4% in January to 5.6% in February, and the SA rate increasing from 6.8% to 7.7%, the ABS … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged brisbane, commonwealthgames, couriermail, goldcoast, labourforce, mining, qld, queensland, resources, tourism, unemploymentrate
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