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Unemployment v Fiscal Instability: Which is the greater threat?
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Unemployment v Fiscal Instability: Which is the greater threat?

In the immediate aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008-09, the main concern for most policy makers was ensuring people were employed. The unemployment rate rose from as low as 4% to almost 6% quite rapidly. After both the government and the RBA took various stimulus measures, this panic
Mar 31, 2015 4 min read
The ‘Bottini Effect’
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The ‘Bottini Effect’

Job Seeker’s may not be disaffected, they might just not need the money The September job figures showed a drop in the unemployment rate. This must be an unambiguously good thing right? Not necessarily… The unemployment rate is calculated as the number of people looking for a job divided
Sep 16, 2012 2 min read
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