9.5% of Australian workers switched jobs in the past year, up from 7.5%.
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The concept of unemployment and an unemployment rate is fairly new, dating back to the end of the second world war. It’s increasingly unfit for purpose.
The Fed raised interest rates the most in nearly three decades to fight stubborn inflation. A finance expert explains what’s happening, the risks and what it means for consumers.
It is hard to fathom how Nigeria’s Central Bank interest rate increase would benefit most Nigerians.
Structural reforms to South Africa’s economy need to be accelerated.
Nigeria’s built environment should ideally be part of a broader, integrated approach to crime prevention and community policing.
Policies, if implemented, would drive the agricultural sector’s growth in ways that would benefit all.
Lower real living standards now represent the price of being in paid work.
The nation has very low unemployment figures, but that masks a complex labour market.
Despite regular incidents of anti-migrant violence, peaceful and mutually beneficial relationships between South Africans and migrants can and do exist.
Street traders in South Africa play a significant role in the country’s economic and social development and deserve to be protected in terms of the Constitution.
The Federal Reserve is expected to lift interest rates a half point at its next meeting and more in the coming months, but it may be too late to forestall an economic downturn.
Informal sector organisations in Zimbabwe have the potential to influence politics at a personal and societal level.
You might be surprised to know that many unemployed Australians are not on unemployment benefits. And then came COVID – which saw a big shift in how many people were able and willing to claim.
South Africans are increasingly dissatisfied with democracy because of its failure to address inequality.
Two key economic indicators are the key to predicting most of the past 120 years of federal elections results – including ones the polls have famously got wrong.
Even the government’s pledge of 1.3 million extra jobs might not be enough to keep unemployment below 4%. The pledge ought to be the unemployment rate itself.
While everyone’s talking about Anthony Albanese’s campaign stumble, the more extraordinary thing is that unemployment is actually set to fall below 4%. A 60-year low of 3% is now within sight.
Nigerian youth have increasingly been resisting and expressing their dissatisfaction with toxic workplaces.
The president’s business reforms are not to everyone’s liking, but they seem to be producing results.
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Senior Lecturer, Research School of Economics, and Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University
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Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
