Australia’s January Labor Force Statistics: Summary (Table)

By Daniel Petrie

Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of Australia labor force figures for January released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in Sydney.

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                         Jan.    Dec.    Nov.    Oct.   Sept.    Aug.    July
                         2009    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008
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Jobless rate              4.8%    4.5%    4.5%    4.4%    4.3%    4.1%    4.3%
Participation rate       65.1%   65.0%   65.1%   65.2%   65.1%   65.1%   65.3%
                       ------------------ Thousand Persons ------------------
Employment change          1.2     0.0   -17.5    32.7    -7.8    11.2    13.9
3-month average          -5.4     5.1     2.5    12.0     5.8    15.3     3.6
Previous estimate         n/a    -1.2   -16.2    33.0    -7.6    11.5    16.3
Net revision              n/a     1.2    -1.3    -0.3    -0.2    -0.3    -2.4
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Full-time change         33.7   -47.7     5.9   -10.6   -28.0     2.0    51.8
Part-time change        -32.6    47.7   -23.4    43.3    20.2     9.2   -37.9
Total Employment       10742.1 10740.9 10740.9 10758.3 10725.6 10733.4 10722.2
Full-time              7670.7  7637.0  7684.7  7678.8  7689.4  7717.4  7715.3
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                         Jan.    Dec.    Nov.    Oct.   Sept.    Aug.    July
                         2009    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008
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                       ------------------ Thousand Persons ------------------
Part-time              3071.4  3103.9  3056.2  3079.6  3036.2  3016.0  3006.8
Unemployment             540.2   503.4   501.3   491.6   483.9   460.2   482.4
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Note: All figures are seasonally adjusted. The 3-month average figures for Employment Change are calculated by Bloomberg. Previous estimate refers to actual figure reported in the prior month. Net revision compares current month’s revised figure with previous month’s reported figure.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

To contact the reporter on this story: Daniel Petrie in Sydney at dpetrie5@bloomberg.net