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Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

1.1b Employed Persons

Annual change (a) - per cent

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Annual average

1967-68

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.6

1968-69

2.5

2.2

2.7

2.5

1969-70

2.5

3.4

3.5

4.1

1970-71

4.1

3.7

3.0

2.9

1971-72

2.3

1.4

1.0

0.7

1972-73

1.8

2.7

3.0

2.7

1973-74

3.2

2.8

3.4

3.4

1974-75

1.3

0.7

- 1.2

- 1.2

1975-76

- 0.2

0.9

2.1

2.2

1976-77

1.0

0.2

0.6

0.7

1977-78

1.6

0.7

0.2

0.5

1978-79

0.3

0.8

1.1

0.6

1979-80

1.1

1.2

2.2

1.9

2.5

2.2

2.5

2.6

2.9

2.3

3.3

2.9

2.3

1980-81

3.4

3.3

3.2

2.5

2.4

2.7

2.4

2.4

2.3

3.3

2.2

2.3

2.7

1981-82

1.7

1.8

2.2

1.9

1.4

1.2

1.7

1.2

1.0

0.1

0.4

0.0

1.2

1982-83

0.0

- 0.2

- 0.9

- 0.4

- 1.1

- 2.1

- 2.7

- 2.5

- 2.9

- 2.8

- 2.6

- 2.3

-1.7

1983-84

- 2.0

- 2.1

- 1.3

- 1.3

0.1

1.3

1.3

1.6

3.0

3.5

3.5

3.7

0.9

1984-85

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.1

2.7

3.2

3.6

2.4

1.6

2.6

2.4

3.0

1985-86

2.7

3.3

3.6

3.4

4.7

4.1

4.6

4.0

4.6

6.1

4.8

5.2

4.3

1986-87

4.3

3.7

3.3

3.9

2.2

2.9

2.2

2.4

2.5

1.5

1.8

1.7

2.7

1987-88

2.7

2.5

2.0

2.1

2.1

3.0

3.8

3.2

3.9

3.9

3.5

3.5

3.0

1988-89

2.9

3.7

4.4

4.2

4.7

3.9

3.4

4.4

3.4

4.0

5.0

4.5

4.0

1989-90

4.8

4.9

4.4

4.3

4.8

4.1

3.7

3.2

3.3

2.8

2.4

2.4

3.8

1990-91

2.3

1.2

0.7

0.5

- 0.4

- 0.2

- 0.9

- 1.1

- 1.9

- 2.1

- 2.6

- 2.9

-0.6

1991-92

- 4.3

- 2.3

- 2.5

- 2.7

- 2.5

- 2.2

- 1.4

- 1.3

- 0.8

- 0.9

- 0.9

- 0.5

-1.9

1992-93

1.2

- 0.2

- 0.4

0.2

- 0.4

- 0.6

0.0

- 0.8

0.2

- 0.5

0.3

0.5

0.0

1993-94

- 0.1

0.1

1.1

1.4

2.3

2.5

1.9

2.8

2.3

3.1

3.0

2.8

1.9

1994-95

3.9

3.5

3.9

3.5

3.3

3.6

3.6

4.4

4.2

5.0

4.5

4.8

4.0

1995-96

3.8

4.3

3.1

2.9

3.7

3.3

2.9

2.1

1.7

0.5

1.3

0.9

2.6

1996-97

1.0

1.3

1.1

1.6

0.7

0.8

1.4

1.1

1.1

1.6

0.6

0.7

1.1

1997-98

0.9

- 0.1

1.1

0.9

1.5

1.4

1.1

1.3

1.5

2.0

2.1

2.3

1.3

1998-99

2.2

2.7

2.4

2.7

(a) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.

Note: There is a break in the series in April 1986. Care should be exercised when making comparisons over periods within which this date falls.

Source: The Labour Force, ABS (6202.0, 6203.0)

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