Australian Economy

ABS job vacancies track the bubble

Leith van Onselen
Thursday, 1 October 2015
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By Leith van Onselen

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released job vacancies data for the August quarter, which recorded a 2.7% seasonally adjusted increase over the quarter, and a 2.2% rise in trend terms:

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Over the year, job vacancies rose by 10.3% seasonally adjusted and by 8.5% in trend terms.

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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.