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Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... fastest pace on record - gives credence to the RBA's gloomy outlook on Australian economic growth. The lead from the ANZ job ads series - released a day before the RBA meeting - also supports its dim view of the labour market. Job ads in newspapers ...

Chief economist update: COVID-infected Aussie stats trickle in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... Economic stats and surveys at the same time that the RBA Board met show the extent of the challenges Australia face. The ANZ job ads index dropped by 10.3% in the month of March (following a 1.2% gain in Feb) - the fastest rate of decline since January ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... by 8.1 million hours over the month. Employers would ask workers to work more hours before hiring extra staff. The ANZ job ads survey - which leads employment growth by three to six months - continues to decline, dropping by 11.8% in the year to January. ...

Chief economist update: How low will Lowe go?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... Australian Labour Force Report Weakening employment growth has already been flagged by successive readings on the ANZ job ads survey, with the lead indicating continued weakness in job creation. This is supported by the trend estimates in jobs growth......and ...

Chief economist update: Rate cuts coming, but not on race day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... estimates shows persistent weakening in additions to total employment since mid-2018. Leading employment indicators - the ANZ job ads dropped by 10.4% in the year to September; the Westpac-Melbourne Institute 'unemployment expectations index' ...

Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... mid-2018. Worse, even additions to part-time jobs have started to decelerate. Leading employment indicators - the ANZ job ads dropped by 11.4% in the year to August; the Westpac-Melbourne Institute 'unemployment expectations index' rose by 10.6% ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... million hours." Decreasing hours worked implies lesser need for staff. But wait, there's more! The lead from the ANZ job ads series suggests further weakening in job creation in the coming months. There's also the Westpac-Melbourne Institute ...

Chief economist update: RBA May cut, May not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... the December quarter to be 2.3 per cent higher over 2018." Employment growth remains strong... but the lead from the ANZ job ads series indicates weakness going forward. "The adjustment in established housing markets is continuing, after the earlier ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... give no reason for optimism - the trend slowdown in total and full-time jobs remain. Not only that, the lead from the ANZ job ads series suggests further weakening in job creation in the coming months. History repeats? Just as today, the RBA has kept ...

Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... activity, hiring would start shrinking sometime soon. This is indicated by the back-to-back year on year decline in the ANZ job ads series - down by 4.3% in February after declining by 3.8% the month before) - which leads the growth in employment by ...
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