Callam Pickering, economist at global jobs site Indeed, has updated his job postings data, which is running ahead of the same time in 2019:
“Hiring remained above trend over the past week – Victoria up 8.5% against last year’s trend and the rest of Australia up 8%. Hiring is holding up better than normal in the lead-up to Christmas (normally the weakest period for hiring)”.
The ANZ job ads series for November is telling a similar story:
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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.
