Australia ANZ job ads in March March +0.4% m/m (prior 10.9% in February)

Job ads dropped back on the February strength.

ANZ comments on today's release:

• ANZ Job Ads, ABS job vacancies, job change expectations and other indicators all point to further solid employment gains and upward pressure on wages growth.

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Earlier, CPI indications from Australia, the y/y trimmed mean (that core data is in the body of post) was solid but base effects took it lower from the February reading.

Australia, monthly inflation gauge (March): Headline inflation Inflation Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is m Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is m Read this Term: +0.8% m/m to 4.0% y/y

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Note that tomorrow will bring the Reserve Bank of Australia policy decision. They'll stay well behind the curve:

Reserve Bank of Australia monetary policy meeting this week - "non event"