Unemployment Expectations Time Series: Cities

Monthly Actual Data from January 1996 Covers: - Unemployment Expectations Index - Sydney. - Unemployment Expectations Index - Melbourne. - Unemployment Expectations Index - Other Capital Cities. - Unemployment Expectations Index - Metro. - Unemployment Expectations Index - Rural. The survey is conduct monthly by telephone and the sample size is typically 1200 households. Each respondent is characterized by: gender, age, occupation, education, political party preference, home ownership, household income, and postcode. The Survey is used to compile the following Report: The Westpac - Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Unemployment Expectations. The Report is concerned with consumers' views about whether unemployment would be more, the same or less in the coming twelve months. The Unemployment Expectations Index was first compiled in September 1974, on a quarterly basis. It became a monthly series in June 1993.1996年1月起的月度实际统计数据 覆盖范围： - 悉尼失业预期指数 - 墨尔本失业预期指数 - 其他首府城市失业预期指数 - 都会区失业预期指数 - 农村地区失业预期指数 本调查通过电话按月开展，样本规模通常为1200户家庭。每位受访者的特征信息涵盖性别、年龄、职业、受教育程度、政党倾向、住房产权情况、家庭收入及邮政编码。该调查用于编制《西太平洋银行-墨尔本研究院消费者失业预期调查报告》(Westpac - Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Unemployment Expectations)，报告聚焦于消费者对未来12个月内失业率将上升、保持不变或下降的看法。 失业预期指数最早于1974年9月以季度频次编制，1993年6月起转为月度统计序列。