From mid-2017 onwards, year-on-year growth rates in the total number of Australian job advertisements consistently exceeded 10%. That was until mid-2018 when the annual growth rate fell back markedly and then continued to deteriorate for the remainder of 2018 and into 2019. Figures from May, June and July were suspected of being overly influenced by the timing of Easter, ANZAC Day and the federal election but the latest numbers should...