Jobs market put to test in sluggish economy
Jobs market put to test in sluggish economy
Appetite among businesses for hiring in a barely growing economy will be on show as official labour market data is rolled out for the month of May.
Thursday's labour force data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics is expected to underline resilience despite an economy losing steam in the face of higher interest rates and persistent price pressures.
Even with the March quarter national accounts showing an economy expanding just 0.1 per …