New Zealand - ANZ Job Advertisements for July, at +0.1% m/m

  • prior was -0.5%, revised from -0.6%

On a y/y basis, up 1.7%

ANZ comments on the data - they say the job vacancy ads are consistent with a more modest growth outlook ... expect the unemployment rate to stay around its current 5.9% level for the balance of this year. Thye do express a concern that the job ads data 'foretall stagnating employment growth'