Australian Economy

Hudson: Australian hiring intentions fall

David Llewellyn-Smith
Thursday, 27 June 2013
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From Hudson today comes the Q3 business employment intentions:

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  • 22.5% of employers expect to increase headcount, down 1.6pp and the lowest level since Q3 2009
  • Employers intending to maintain current headcount remains steady at 63.2%, and the highest level since Q4 2009
  • Slightly more employers expect to decrease headcount, up 1.6pp to 14.2%

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.