2011 CofFEE Conference Panel

The Fiscal Austerity or Stimulus Panel Session is now available for viewing in full

August 2011 CLMI now released (September 20, 2011)

Go to the Indicators Tab for more information.

Server maintenance - On-going

The main CofFEE server crashed on Friday July 1, 2011 and it also compromised the back-up process. We are still re-building our file structure and databases and so many features of our work are still not available.

We are restoring content progressively especially the multimedia, reports and downloadable material.

Please be patient because some of the site may return errors as we continue to rebuild our pages.

Last updated: December 16, 2011.

There are no pending events

13th Path to Full Employment/18th National Unemployment Conference - December 7-8, 2011

The Conference was successfully completed and video and audio material will be available in due course.

A video of the Panel discussion is available HERE.

Go to the Conference Home Page for more information.

  Latest CLMI: August Quarter 2011 - Labour market deteriorates sharply - 11.0 per cent overall underutilisation rate (posted September 20, 2011)

The latest CLMI for August 2011 reveals that the labour market has deteriorated sharply in the last three months with all components (official unemployment; hidden unemployment and underemployment) rising over the last 6 months. There is also evidence that employment growth is slowing and the participation rate is falling. For more detailed analysis you can visit the Director's Blog. The total labour underutilisation rate is stuck at around 11 per cent. The withdrawal of the fiscal stimulus is undermining growth and private spending is not improving quickly enough to fill the gap.