In the media | 17 Jun 2022
Sky News: Australian labour market ‘really close’ to being at full capacity
Sean Langcake, Head of Macroeconomic Forecasting at BIS Oxford Economics sits down with Sky News to discuss the recent unemployment data, and where interest rates are heading later this year.
Watch and listen to the full interview below:
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