Immigration collapse ends youth jobs depression

Friday 21 January 2022

Yesterday’s employment report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that Australia’s youth are benefitting greatly from negative immigration:

Total youth jobs rose by 40,500 in December, comprising a 29,300 increase in part-time jobs and a 11,200 increase in full-time jobs:

The youth unemployment rate dived by 1.5% to 9.4% and is now 2.8% below its pre-COVID level and at its lowest level since November 2008:

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.