Dwelling construction bust to force-up unemployment

Monday 1 October 2018

Several economists have warned that the fall-off in Australian dwelling construction could soon force-up unemployment:

Mr Oliver said the worst is yet to come for Australia’s tradies, in a view supported by BIS Economics’s Angie Zigomanis.

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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.