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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.
Can we trust the ABS’s job numbers any longer?
The job numbers for July are in and they raise more questions than they answer, writes Glenn Dyer.
Housing finance figures show an industry in freefall
Figures on housing finance from the ABS today suggest the housing industry is nearing the bottom, writes Glenn Dyer.
Retail figures equal bad news for department stores
Right now it is better to be selling a sausage than a sofa. Rob Lake explains.
Job cuts all the rage
Last Thursday’s surprise news that 19,500 jobs were lost in May seems to have triggered the flow of other reports of job cutting, writes Glenn Dyer.
20,000 jobs lost, rates may not rise
The Reserve Bank’s campaign to slow the Australian economy and inflation continues to bear fruit, with the first loss of jobs for 19 months being recorded in May, writes Glenn Dyer.
Economy resolutely refuses to stall
There are signs that the slowdown is taking shape and not appearing in the accounts in an obvious fashion, writes Glenn Dyer.
Building approvals back in the black, finally
After a big fall in March, building approvals have bounced back into the black for April, writes Glenn Dyer.
Capital spending falls, resources boom remains
The resources boom remains in tact, despite a surprise fall in actual new private capital spending in the March quarter, writes Glenn Dyer.
There are two million Australians out of work. That’s the truth.
The official unemployment figure are bunk, writes Marcus L’Estrange
Bureau of Statistics the victim of ALP cost-cutting
The ABS said in today’s April jobs figures that it is “facing a tight budget situation in 2008-09, writes Glenn Dyer.
Broker queries ABS take on housing prices
Depending on who you believe, housing prices are either on the up, or taking a plunge, writes Glenn Dyer.
