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Data wrap - jobs growth insufficient to bring down unemployment

Labour

The South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn economy added about 1,100 jobs in March1, according to ABS Labour Force Survey data released today. However this rise was only sufficient to keep pace with growth in the working age population. As a consequence the state’s trend unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.9 per cent for the fourth consecutive month.

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Data wrap – sluggish retail sales as job vacancies decline

numbers

In this edition of the South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Data Wrap we review the latest ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases in respect of retail sales, overseas exports of goods, building approvals and job vacancies.

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