ABS job vacancies post strong growth

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By Leith van Onselen

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released job vacancies data for the May quarter, which recorded a 5.7% seasonally adjusted rise in the number of vacancies over the quarter and a 4.6% rise in trend terms:

Over the year, job vacancies rose by 24.1% in seasonally adjusted terms and by 21.3% 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.