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Australia Labour Market (Aug.)

After adjusting the data to strip out the temporary boost from the Census, we estimate that employment fell by around 14,000 in August. While we aren’t too concerned about the outlook for employment, it seems clear that the labour market is not going to generate much inflationary pressure for a while yet.

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