The quaestion for week 6 of the quiz to win a copy of my book, Myth Busting Economics is set out below.
The rules are simple – email your answers to [email protected] before 11.15am, eastern Australian time on Thursday 11 June 2015 and hope for the best. The results will be worked out shortly after that.
So here we go – the questions for Week 6.
Question:
On Thursday, 11 June, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the labour force data for May. To one decimal point, what will be the unemployment rate in seasonally adjusted terms in May? Note – the unemployment rate in April was 6.2 per cent.
Tie breaker One:
What will be the change, in number of people, in the level of employment in May, again in seasonally adjusted terms? Note – the level of employment fell by 2,900 people in April.
Tie breaker Two:
What will be the size of the labour force in seasonally adjusted terms in May 2015? Note – the labour force was 12,494,100 people in April.
Good luck with that and if you want to buy the book, Myth Busting Economics, go to https://www.booktopia.com.au/myth-busting-economics-stephen-koukoulas/prod9780730321958.html?source=pla&gclid=COrO2Zzy_sUCFQ6VvQodwIcANg
Let’s see in the winner of the quiz can beat the market consensus, as they did last week.
