Rebecca Cassells

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Associate Professor Rebecca Cassells is Deputy Director of the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre. Ms Cassells also oversees the Centre’s research impact and engagement portfolio, the BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update and the Gender Equity Insights series.

Government

Skills shortages bite businesses

By Rebecca Cassells

Western Australia’s labour market has continued to go from strength to strength as another month of labour force data rolls in.

26 Jul 2021

Government

JobKeeper ends, employment down

By Rebecca Cassells

A nationwide run of six consecutive months of employment growth was halted in April 2021, with the number of people employed falling by 30,600 as JobKeeper came to an end.

31 May 2021

Manufacturing

Disruptions curb business potential

By Rebecca Cassells

Supply chain issues have been a feature of the COVID-19 global economy and have been disrupting business activity for some time, constraining business potential and operations.

17 May 2021

Government

Population paucity perils

By Rebecca Cassells

Together with productivity and participation, population is one of the key elements of economic growth.

02 Mar 2021

Small Business

Small business shows its mettle

By Rebecca Cassells

The current health of the Western Australian economy is being reflected through the optimism and confidence reported by the state’s small businesses.

08 Feb 2021

Government

Managing a jobs comeback

By Rebecca Cassells

Delivering a budget surplus used to be the key performance indicator upon which all treasurers across the nation were judged, but this has now been replaced by the ability to deliver jobs back to the economy.

21 Oct 2020

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