{"id":16018,"date":"2017-10-19T05:52:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T05:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?p=16018"},"modified":"2017-10-19T05:52:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T05:52:18","slug":"australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia: Employment data points to recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Total hours worked grew at an annual rate of 2.7 percent in September, suggesting an up-turn in GDP growth after the 2011 to 2015 slump.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Australia: Hours Worked and GDP\" alt=\"Australia: Hours Worked and GDP\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-10-19-aus-hours.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Total hours worked grew at an annual rate of 2.7 percent in September, suggesting an up-turn in GDP growth after the 2011 to 2015 slump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,46],"tags":[290,1723,2870],"class_list":["post-16018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-nz-countries-regions","category-deficit-spending-employment","tag-australia","tag-hours-worked","tag-real-gdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Australia: Employment data points to recovery - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australia: Employment data points to recovery - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Total hours worked grew at an annual rate of 2.7 percent in September, suggesting an up-turn in GDP growth after the 2011 to 2015 slump.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/people\/The-Patient-Investor\/61572934660810\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-19T05:52:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/static.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-10-19-aus-hours.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Colin Twiggs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Colin Twiggs\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Colin Twiggs\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d42b18d516a80149d739845749ac6454\"},\"headline\":\"Australia: Employment data points to recovery\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-19T05:52:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/\"},\"wordCount\":28,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-10-19-aus-hours.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Australia\",\"hours worked\",\"Real GDP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Australia &amp; NZ\",\"Deficit Spending &amp; Employment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/\",\"name\":\"Australia: Employment data points to recovery - the patient investor\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-10-19-aus-hours.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-19T05:52:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-10-19-aus-hours.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-10-19-aus-hours.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Australia: Employment data points to recovery\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Patient Investor\",\"description\":\"Smart. Strategic. Unfiltered. \",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/colin_thepatientinvestor\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d42b18d516a80149d739845749ac6454\",\"name\":\"Colin Twiggs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/29a4e13250381b203ea835108c2d5eee4947439713c271ae5ba60afb53194432?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/29a4e13250381b203ea835108c2d5eee4947439713c271ae5ba60afb53194432?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/29a4e13250381b203ea835108c2d5eee4947439713c271ae5ba60afb53194432?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Colin Twiggs\"},\"description\":\"Colin Twiggs is a former investment banker with almost 40 years of experience in financial markets. He co-founded Incredible Charts and writes the popular Trading Diary and Patient Investor newsletters. Using a top-down approach, Colin identifies key macro trends in the global economy before evaluating selected opportunities using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis. Focusing on interest rates and financial market liquidity as primary drivers of the economic cycle, he warned of the 2008\/2009 and 2020 bear markets well ahead of actual events. He founded PVT Capital (AFSL No. 546090) in May 2023, which offers investment strategy and advice to wholesale clients.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/people\/The-Patient-Investor\/61572934660810\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/colin_thepatientinvestor\",\"https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/in\/colintwiggs\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/author\/investor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Australia: Employment data points to recovery - the patient investor","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Australia: Employment data points to recovery - the patient investor","og_description":"Total hours worked grew at an annual rate of 2.7 percent in September, suggesting an up-turn in GDP growth after the 2011 to 2015 slump.","og_url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/","og_site_name":"the patient investor","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810","article_author":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/people\/The-Patient-Investor\/61572934660810\/","article_published_time":"2017-10-19T05:52:18+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/static.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-10-19-aus-hours.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Colin Twiggs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Colin Twiggs"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/"},"author":{"name":"Colin Twiggs","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d42b18d516a80149d739845749ac6454"},"headline":"Australia: Employment data points to recovery","datePublished":"2017-10-19T05:52:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/"},"wordCount":28,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-10-19-aus-hours.png","keywords":["Australia","hours worked","Real GDP"],"articleSection":["Australia &amp; NZ","Deficit Spending &amp; Employment"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/","url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/","name":"Australia: Employment data points to recovery - the patient investor","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-10-19-aus-hours.png","datePublished":"2017-10-19T05:52:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-10-19-aus-hours.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-10-19-aus-hours.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/19\/australia-employment-data-points-to-recovery\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Australia: Employment data points to recovery"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/","name":"The Patient Investor","description":"Smart. Strategic. Unfiltered. ","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization","name":"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd","url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/colin_thepatientinvestor"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d42b18d516a80149d739845749ac6454","name":"Colin Twiggs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/29a4e13250381b203ea835108c2d5eee4947439713c271ae5ba60afb53194432?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/29a4e13250381b203ea835108c2d5eee4947439713c271ae5ba60afb53194432?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/29a4e13250381b203ea835108c2d5eee4947439713c271ae5ba60afb53194432?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Colin Twiggs"},"description":"Colin Twiggs is a former investment banker with almost 40 years of experience in financial markets. He co-founded Incredible Charts and writes the popular Trading Diary and Patient Investor newsletters. Using a top-down approach, Colin identifies key macro trends in the global economy before evaluating selected opportunities using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis. Focusing on interest rates and financial market liquidity as primary drivers of the economic cycle, he warned of the 2008\/2009 and 2020 bear markets well ahead of actual events. He founded PVT Capital (AFSL No. 546090) in May 2023, which offers investment strategy and advice to wholesale clients.","sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/people\/The-Patient-Investor\/61572934660810\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/colin_thepatientinvestor","https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/in\/colintwiggs"],"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/author\/investor\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tQ4n-4am","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15331,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/22\/australia-lean-years-ahead\/","url_meta":{"origin":16018,"position":0},"title":"Australia: Lean years ahead","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"May 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Growth in total monthly hours worked has slowed to 1.3% for the 12 months to April 2017. In fact, growth has been pretty lean over the last 5 years, except for the period January 2015 to February 2016. High commodity prices in 2004 to 2008 and 2010 to 2011 coincide\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Australia &amp; NZ&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Australia &amp; NZ","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/australia-nz-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43107,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/australia-low-unemployment-warns-of-higher-interest-rates\/","url_meta":{"origin":16018,"position":1},"title":"Australia: Low unemployment warns of higher interest rates","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"July 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Australian labor market remains tight, with unemployment failing to budge from 3.5% in June. Monthly hours worked totaled 1,947 million in June. The 0.3% increase over May -- or 3.6% annualized -- is lower than the 4.7% increase over the past 12 months, suggesting that real GDP growth may\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Australia &amp; NZ&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Australia &amp; NZ","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/australia-nz-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Australian Unemployment, June 2023","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2023\/2023-07-19-aus-u3.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2023\/2023-07-19-aus-u3.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2023\/2023-07-19-aus-u3.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2023\/2023-07-19-aus-u3.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50190,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/asx-200-rallies-as-unemployment-falls\/","url_meta":{"origin":16018,"position":2},"title":"ASX 200 rallies as unemployment falls","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"March 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The ASX 200 recovered above 7700 yesterday, the higher Trend Index trough indicating strong buying pressure. Follow-through above 7800 would confirm a fresh advance, with a target of 8000. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.7% in February, although the Trend measure remains steady at 3.8%. Monthly hours worked jumped to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Australia &amp; NZ&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Australia &amp; NZ","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/australia-nz-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ASX 200","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2024\/2024-03-20-xjo.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2024\/2024-03-20-xjo.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2024\/2024-03-20-xjo.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15454,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/16\/australia-jobs-surge\/","url_meta":{"origin":16018,"position":3},"title":"Australia: Jobs surge","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"June 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The May 2017 ABS Labour Force Survey surprised to the upside, with employment increasing by 42,000 over the previous month (full-time jobs even better at +52,100). These are seasonally adjusted figures and the trend estimates are more modest at 25200 jobs. Seasonally adjusted hours worked also jumped, reflecting an annual\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Australia &amp; NZ&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Australia &amp; NZ","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/australia-nz-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":48441,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/15\/australia-can-we-take-unemployment-at-face-value\/","url_meta":{"origin":16018,"position":4},"title":"Australia: Can we take unemployment at face value?","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"February 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Unemployment jumped to 4.1% in January 2024, according to the latest ABS Labour Report. But we need to take into account the 1 million post-pandemic surge in immigration before we predict an economic collapse. The trend in employment is still upward although growth has slowed. Total hours worked, however, has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Australia &amp; NZ&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Australia &amp; NZ","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/australia-nz-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Australia: Unemployment","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2024\/2024-02-14-aus-u3.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2024\/2024-02-14-aus-u3.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2024\/2024-02-14-aus-u3.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2024\/2024-02-14-aus-u3.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":55718,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/18\/australian-job-growth-surprise\/","url_meta":{"origin":16018,"position":5},"title":"Australian job growth surprise","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"July 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Australian jobs grew by a surprising 50.2K, compared to consensus estimates of 20K, with total employment reaching 14.4 million. But employment per capita remains steady at 64% because of the huge swell in immigration. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1%, while trend remained steady at 4.0%, as the participation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Australia &amp; NZ&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Australia &amp; NZ","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/australia-nz-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Australian Jobs","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2024\/2024-07-17-aus-jobs.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2024\/2024-07-17-aus-jobs.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2024\/2024-07-17-aus-jobs.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16018"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16021,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16018\/revisions\/16021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}