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Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Job ads highest since 2008

Jobs ads still rising

Job advertisements declined a little in January in Tasmania, South Australia, and the ACT. 

However there were sharp increases in the four most populous states. 


Total job ads therefore increased 10,900 or 4.4 per cent to 259,000, to be up 54 per cent from a year earlier. 


Source: LMIP

More importantly, the January labour force figures will be out tomorrow.

There's a wide range of forecasts, but after a jump in employment last month forecasts for January are for a flat result...but let's see.