Further more postive economic indicators. According to ANZ Research, Job advertisements jumped 3.9% m/m in September in seasonally adjusted terms after rising by a solid 1.3% m/m in August. In trend terms, job ads were up 1.0% m/m and growth since mid year now appears a little stronger than previously. The number of internet job ads grew 4.0% m/m in September following an increase of 1.3% m/m in August. Internet job ads were 13.7% higher than a year earlier. The number of newspaper job ads (2% of total job ads) declined 2.7% m/m in September, after rising for two consecutive months.
