{"id":1113,"date":"2017-07-24T05:23:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T05:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/actinvest.com.au\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2017-07-24T05:23:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T05:23:48","slug":"key-economic-indicators-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actinvest.com.au\/index.php\/key-economic-indicators-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Economic Indicators, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>This month&#039;s focus is on Australia&#039;s\u00a0Labour\u00a0Force and Demography.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" height=\"299\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plannerweb.com.au\/images\/economic-indicators.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0   \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/AUSSTATS\/abs@.nsf\/mf\/1345.0?opendocument#LabourForceandDemography\" style=\"font-size: 12px\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> for full access to Australia&#039;s economic indicators &#8211; <strong>National Accounts, International Accounts, Consumption and Investment, Production, Prices, Labour Force and Demography, Incomes, and Housing Finance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Labour Force and Demography<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/icons\/ecblank.gif\" width=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/icons\/ecblank.gif\" width=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/icons\/ecblank.gif\" width=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/icons\/ecblank.gif\" width=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/icons\/ecblank.gif\" width=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/icons\/ecblank.gif\" width=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Employed persons &#8211; Trend<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/ausstats\/abs@.nsf\/mf\/6202.0\">6202.0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jun 2017<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">&#039;000<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">12 160.1<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">0.2%<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">1.9%<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participation rate &#8211; Trend<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/ausstats\/abs@.nsf\/mf\/6202.0\">6202.0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jun 2017<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">%<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">64.9<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">0.1 pts<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">0.2 pts<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Unemployment rate &#8211; Trend<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/ausstats\/abs@.nsf\/mf\/6202.0\">6202.0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jun 2017<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">%<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">5.6<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">0.0 pts<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">-0.1 pts<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Employment to Population ratio &#8211; Trend<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/ausstats\/abs@.nsf\/mf\/6202.0\"><u>6202.0<\/u><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jun 2017<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">%<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">61.3<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">0.1 pts<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">0.2 pts<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Job Vacancies &#8211; Trend<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/ausstats\/abs@.nsf\/mf\/6354.0\">6354.0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>May 2017<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">&#039;000<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">189.2<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">1.7%<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">9.2%<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Estimated resident population &#8211; (Preliminary)<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/ausstats\/abs@.nsf\/mf\/3101.0\">3101.0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Dec Qtr 2016<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">&#039;000<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">24,385.6<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">0.3%<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">1.6%<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Short-term overseas visitor arrivals &#8211; Trend (a)<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/ausstats\/abs@.nsf\/mf\/3401.0\">3401.0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>May 2017<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">&#039;000<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">734.9<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">0.8%<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;vertical-align: baseline\">7.7%<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\">For unemployment and participation rates, the changes are given as percentage points.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: ABS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>This month&#039;s focus is on Australia&#039;s\u00a0Labour\u00a0Force and Demography.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/actinvest.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/actinvest.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/actinvest.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actinvest.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actinvest.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/actinvest.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1115,"href":"https:\/\/actinvest.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions\/1115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actinvest.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/actinvest.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actinvest.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actinvest.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}