Australia’s Increase in Employment

The Australian Bureau of Statistics released an official data on Thursday showing an upsurge in employment. The number of people employed increased by 13, 500 which is higher than the expected figures of 10, 000. The number of people who work full time expand by 9, 300 and the participation rate reached 64.7% in December while 64.6% for November.

Annette Beacher, Chief Macro Strategist of Asia-Pacific Research at TD Securities, mentioned that there were about 92,000 additional jobs created last year. However, these jobs are only part-time because full-time occupation declined in 2016.

Moreover, the stability of the labor market will be based on the actions of the Reserve Bank of Australia for 2017, according to an economist at Morgan Stanley, Daniel Blake.On one side, there are few analyst who believes on the positive impact of the employment statistics.