Regional labour markets remain the strongest in the country and nine of them are showing double-digit growth, according to the ANZ Job Ads survey. ANZ economist statistician Kyle Uerata said yesterday the New Zealand monthly index for job advertisements fell 1.2% in February from January. Total job advertisements in February were 43,587, down from 44,104 in January. ``We are not surprised to see job ads fall back to their more modest growth trend as the labour market is tight and skilled labour, in particular, difficult to come by.'' The labour market was tight and unemployment was at 4.5%.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 01, 2018 15:56 UTC