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RBA gives bleak economic outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... also anticipating the unemployment rate will increase gradually to reach 4.6% by mid-2028. " Leading indicators such as job ads, vacancies and employment intentions suggest labour market conditions could ease a little in the near term, although this ...

Unemployment data throws 'curveball' at RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... believe this alone is going to be ringing any alarm bells at the RBA. It is only one month of data, and with the number of job ads increasing by 1.8% in June 2025 - according to ANZ-Indeed data - there is no clear indication that unemployment will increase ...

Chalmers 'confident but not complacent' on economic prospects

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... inflation, but we can't ignore this global economic uncertainty, we can't ignore the fact that growth in our economy is soft, job ads are down, household savings are down, discretionary consumption was almost non-existent at the start of the year and ...

Lift in financial services jobs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... contingent vacancies than permanent opportunities, he said. For the quarter, education and training roles were standouts, with job ads rising by 51.6%, albeit off a low base. The healthcare industry rebounded strongly with demand for casuals and temps ...

Finance job ads perk up

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... human resources (12%), and legal (11%) in terms of the number of jobs advertised for the period. Between April and May, job ads for the banking and finance sectors dropped by 48%. Retail and consumer products, and hospitality and tourism were the hardest ...

Job vacancies up 15%: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... industries are hiring - with several companies in financial services looking to fill roles. SEEK data from May revealed that job ads in the insurance and superannuation sectors were down 2%, while almost every other industry saw an uptick following the ...

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 ...
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