Australian Economy

Is Australia’s manufacturing rebound sustainable?

Leith van Onselen
Friday, 20 January 2017
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By Leith van Onselen

The latest quarterly employment report from the ABS registered strong growth in manufacturing employment in the year to November 2016:

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Helping to offset some of the heavy manufacturing job losses recorded since the onset of the GFC:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.