Advertisement
The Department of Employment and Education (DEEWR) has released its job vacancies index for July an the grind continues with another small gain on the month:
The trend is a very slow rise relative to past cycles:
Advertisement
Worryingly, job ads are still lead by WA:
Skilled shows only construction with real momentum:
The labour market remains in a weak recovery. Full report here.
Advertisement
About the author
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.