The author has been described by News Ltd as an "iconoclast", "Svengali", a pollie's "economist muse", and "pungently accurate". Fairfax says he is a "Renaissance man" and "one of Australia’s most respected analysts." Stephen Koukoulas concludes that he is "85% right", and "would make a great Opposition leader." Terry McCrann claims the author thinks "‘nuance’ is a trendy village in the south of France", but can be "scintillating" when he thinks "clearly". The ACTU reckons he’s "an enigma wrapped in a Bloomberg terminal, wrapped in some apparently well-honed abs."

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

ANZ Jobs ads rise by 1% in March: suggest improving jobs growth

From UBS:

ANZ job ads rose 1.0% in March, a little stronger than we'd expected (UBSe 'down', mkt nf)...The y/y pace eased slightly to 3.2% (from 3.6%) - together still the best y/y's since September last year. Recent strong trend in the ANZ job ads series - consistent with other hiring intentions indicators such as NAB jobs and the PMI (see Chart) - continue to flag an improving jobs growth, despite the weaker trend
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