The ABS is about to dramatically intervene in the debate over the life expectancy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.
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Car sales accelerate, economy gets into gear
There’s another statistic which supports the belief that the Australian economy is travelling a bit better than we suspect at the moment.
ABS staff removal shemozzle
The downright bizarre process adopted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to cut 180 staff prior to the Budget has now been acknowledged as “clearly inadequate”.
So which is it, recession or recovery?
If we have somehow segued from recession to recovery without noticing it, we’ll be in a very peculiar position regarding our official forecasts, writes Bernard Keane.
Political snippets: Budget 09, quelle bore! And more
ABS cuts mean that labour force stat sample is reduced, Indian voting reaches final stages, Budget was boring.
ABS housing figures: first home buyers boom goes through the roof
The boosts to the first home buyers grants for new and existing housing have had a dramatic impact on levels of demand in the housing sector.
SackWatch 9: forget the ABS, we’ve got the real story
Crikey continues to document the jobs carnage at the front line with the ninth instalment of our SackWatch column.
Unemployment figures leave everyone gobsmacked
The April unemployment and jobless figures paint a picture of an economy in boom, not gloom.
Economists react to the drop in unemployment
Unemployment figures released this morning showed a 0.3% fall in the jobless rate in April, confounding analysts. Crikey asked the economists whether today’s data changed anything.
Political snippets: The ABS make the experts look stupid
ABS makes retail experts look foolish, Labor spinners paint Kevin Rudd as Robin Hood and heavy security for major European poll — Eurovision 2009.
Good news data shows consumption still buoyant
Today’s data will help lighten the gloom from an alarmist Government spruiking budget deficits of up to $50 billion.
The week in geek: Hate sites attack hated brands. Shock.
Hate sites. Hates sites everywhere! Attacking idolised Aussie brands like … McDonalds … and … Amex. Well done Daily Tele.
ABS engaged in brutal redundancy roll out
The Australian Bureau of Statistics management is engaging in a “brutal” redundancy process as part of its current cost-cutting drive.
34,700 Australians lost their jobs in March
The jobless rate has lagged the slide in the economy. Now, it’s catching up.
Ask the commentators: Jobs? We picked this
Contrary to the shock headlines, the hotly-anticipated ABS labour force data released this morning revealed what more pessimistic analysts had been predicting for weeks.
RBA rate cut: this could be as good as it gets
Consumer confidence figures out this morning suggest Australia may have to earn its interest rate cuts in future, writes Glenn Dyer.
All eyes on Reserve Bank as February retail plunges
This morning’s fall in retail trade was fair sharper than market expectations, writes Glenn Dyer.
Labour force figures raise more questions than answers
The latest labour force numbers from the ABS again show some logical inconsistencies, writes Glenn Dyer.
ABS boosts spending on retail data, and not before time
Cuts the ABS budget haven’t been reversed, but the ABS is working to improve the quality of its output, reports Glenn Dyer.
Inflation up, but RBA keeps focus on rate cut
Despite a big inflation number, the RBA is committed to stimulating demand in order to keep Australian from a nasty slowdown, writes Glenn Dyer.
Inflation hits 5% — do we need a recession to control it?
With the ABS reporting that inflation hit 5% in the September quarter, Crikey asked a group of economists if a recession is the only way of controlling it. By Thomas Hunter.
Unemployment rate up as economy slows
A small rise in the number of new jobs was outweighed by a sharp rise in the number of people unemployed writes Glenn Dyer.
Employment up, but can we trust the numbers?
Despite massive job losses in the mining sector and elsewhere, employment numbers released today show unemployment has falled, writes Glenn Dyer.
Market shocked by missing trade surplus
Just when we though our trade performance was on the up, a nasty reminder of our frailty, writes Glenn Dyer.
